Friday, April 16, 2010

Name that Memorial: Part 1

What do you get when you combine half-marathon training with tourism and blogging? "Name that Memorial!" Here's how it works--I go for a run to a local memorial or monument. Then I come home, write a blog post, and readers guess where I ran based on quotes or other random pieces of information about the memorial. We will play as long as readers participate.

So, yesterday I ran to a memorial that 1) has the quote: "Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue," 2) has by far the best drinking fountain of the three I passed to get there (measured by water temperature, taste, and pressure), and 3) is close to a tulip garden I wish I had discovered a week earlier.

First one to get it right wins! (What you win is yet to be determined.)

3 comments:

  1. No guess here, seeing as I'd have to use my brain on a Friday to figure it out, but I love the water fountain reference! That was probably the most memorable ChE presentation I saw in our 4 years! lol.

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  2. The answer is the Iwo Jima Memorial/Marine Corps Memorial. The tulips are by the Netherlands Carillon. An honorable mention goes out to Jenna for referencing Daniel Lattin's chemical engineering project that forever changed the way I think about drinking fountains. :)

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