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Visiting the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific	Beautiful trees & landscaping within
It is also known as the Punchbowl National Cemetery & was dedicated in 1949 has more than 33K gravesites Lady Columbia represents all grieving mothers, with an inscription below, taken from Abraham Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby, which reads: The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom
The cemetery prepares for another interment	Driving around the peaceful Punch Bowl grounds
The Punch Bowl has a commanding view of . . .	. . . the city of Honolulu below
Granny waits while I go up to the lookout	Scenic view from the Punch Bowl
Lots of beauty here!	Flowers are everywhere!
More flowers around the rim of the Punch Bowl	Such bright flowers are everywhere
Much care has been given to landscaping	Very peaceful
Looking down on Honolulu from the Punch Bowl lookout
Here are multiple photos from the Punch Bowl lookout	It is impossible to take it all in with only a few photos
Panarama below the Punch Bowl lookout	Panarama below the Punch Bowl lookout
Panarama below the Punch Bowl lookout	Panarama below the Punch Bowl lookout
Panarama below the Punch Bowl lookout	Now we are looking inland from the Punch Bowl lookout
The cemetery is huge with peaceful surroundings	Looking into the cemetery below the Punch Bowl lookout
Another panarama from a different viewpoint	Different view of the city of Honolulu
Panarama below the Punch Bowl lookout	Panarama below the Punch Bowl lookout
Panarama below the Punch Bowl lookout	Panarama below the Punch Bowl lookout
A Coast Guard Tribute of which Granddad would be proud	Rows of our brave fallen soldiers
Heading back to the car & Granny	Such interesting landscaping everywhere
Grave sites underneath the shady trees	Plenty of large trees driving around Punch Bowl
Every Hawaiian vaction requires a coconut tree photo	Hawaiian weed - Bird of Paradise
Red Hibiscus	Pink Hibiscus
More brilliantly colored flowers	Nena attended Lincoln Elementary School in 1952
Lincoln has grown since 1952, like most schools	Taking a drive through the City
This 1929 bridge hasn't changed much since . . . 1942?	Many lush green parks throughout the city
Much foot traffic since the weather is so nice	Seeing all the healthy palm trees is really nice
So nice to be far, far away from Houston traffic	Many interesting buildings and lush green landscaping
Plenty of interesting shops in walking distance	Still loving the traffic of downtown Honolulu
King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel adjacent to his royal residence built over 200 years ago
Tourists enjoy the "busy" streets of Hawaii	This beats the heck out of wherever you came from!

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Homecoming in Oahu - February 2010