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Machine Guns at the Lincoln Memorial

Jan 8, 2018
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    The day after Pearl Harbor this is what the Lincoln Memorial looked like. Reminds me a little of what downtown Washington looked like the day after 9/11.

    Machine gun sets up outside the Lincoln Memorial on December 8th, 1941
    Machine gun sets up outside the Lincoln Memorial on December 8th, 1941
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