{"id":12,"date":"2008-08-13T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mooreimages.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/13\/the-silent-drill-team-at-the-iwo-jima-memorial\/"},"modified":"2010-06-13T01:36:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T00:36:59","slug":"the-silent-drill-team-at-the-iwo-jima-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moore-images.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/the-silent-drill-team-at-the-iwo-jima-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"The Silent Drill Team at the Iwo Jima Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I often visit downtown DC to take photographs of the various memorials. Whenever I visit downtown, I see many students buses and families enjoying the sites. I told Deborah that I want her and the girls to occasionally come with me and enjoy the sites.<\/div>\n
I discovered that the Marines Silent Drill team would perform at the Iwo Jima Memorial at 7:30 PM. So, I told my friend David and he decided to attend. Afterwards, he was not going to come because he had his son. Instead, I told him I’d bring my daughter since they knew one another because they attend the same school. With that said, I ended up bringing the entire family.<\/div>\n

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Nevertheless, we arrived at the site nearly 50 minutes before the supposed start time. However, I got a phone call telling me that the performance actually began at 6:30!<\/div>\n
As we arrived, I realized many more people brought their family. Therefore, I parked at a garage nearly a mile from the memorial site. I did not have the $12 on me for the fee. However, the attendant let me park anyway and I provided him with the rest when I returned to get my vehicle.<\/div>\n
I run to the site with two folding chairs, a tripod and my camera bag!<\/div>\n

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The performance was pinpoint accurate. The Marines performed their craft with such precision that the hassle to see the event was worthwhile.<\/div>\n
The photos were taken using a slow shutter speed to emphasize the motion of the soldiers.<\/div>\n
-Rog<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I often visit downtown DC to take photographs of the various memorials. Whenever I visit downtown, I see many students buses and families enjoying the sites. I told Deborah that I want her and the girls to occasionally come with me and enjoy the sites. I discovered that the Marines Silent Drill team would perform […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[20,34,39,41,61,65,71,77],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t