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Former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin holds hands with people gathered for Memorial Day weekend events on the National Mall in Washington on May 29, 2011. Palin rode to the mall from the Pentagon with motorcyclists in the traditional annual Rolling Thunder rally. (Associated Press)
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The Stratton model has a center-island kitchen and breakfast area on the main level. Upstairs are three bedrooms and two full baths. The master bedroom has a walk-in closet. This model has a finished recreation room on the lower level.
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The contemporary-style home at 2414 Vermont St. N. in Arlington's Lee Heights neighborhood is on the market for $1,099,000. The four-bedroom home was built in 1954.
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The press seems relish the idea of a cat fight between tea party "darlings" Sarah Palin (left) and Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination. Or how about a ticket with the two of them? (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** A Nov. 27, 1968, photo shows the exterior of the Pierre Hotel in New York. Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, former chairman of Egypt's Bank of Alexandria and currently an executive with El-Mex Salines Co., was arrested on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, on charges of sexually abusing a maid at the hotel. (AP Photo)
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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray gestures to the crowd as he cruises down Constitution Avenue during the National Memorial Day Parade, in Washington, D.C., Monday, May 30, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Waiting for the National Memorial Day Parade to start, Dan LeFevre sits in his World War II era jeep that he spent three years restoring, in Washington, D.C., Monday, May 30, 2011. LeFevre collects World War II era uniforms and attire from the war. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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From left, Helen Hassell, Pat Tyson and Judy Williams, wear their Civil War era clothing as they wait for the National Memorial Day Parade to start, near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Monday, May 30, 2011. The women are with the group "FREED" - Female Re-enactors of Distinction, from the African-American Civil War Memorial and Museum in D.C. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Bob Smith, who served in Vietnam and is the immediate past commander of VFW Post 9274, salutes during the Memorial Day Veteran's Ceremony at the annual Falls Church City Memorial Day Parade & Festival on Monday, May 30, 2011. "Don't just remember our troops on Memorial Day and Veteran's Day," Smith, the keynote speaker for the ceremony, told the audience. "Honor them every day." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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MSgt. John Abbracciamento of The President's Own United States Marine Band plays Taps at the Memorial Day Veteran's Ceremony in Falls Church City, Va., on Monday, May 30, 2011. Next to him is a wreath that was placed at the Veteran's Memorial in honor of all those who have served. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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John D. Johnson, incoming commander of American Legion Post 130, of Falls Church, Va., gets help folding up the American flag following the Memorial Day Veteran's Ceremony in Falls Church City, Va., on Monday, May 30, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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At right, Steve Hinton of Preston County West Virginia, marches with the Maryland Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans before the start of the National Memorial Day Parade, near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Monday, May 30, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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A boy ducks under an innertube at the Lazy River at the Water Mine Family Swimmin' Hole at Lake Fairfax in Reston, Va., on Monday, May 30, 2011. The water park was filled to capacity on a very hot Memorial Day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Both student cadets at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Cape Cod, Doug Proctor, right, adjusts the nameplate on the uniform of Anthony Venterosa, left, before the National Memorial Day Parade, near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Monday, May 30, 2011. The group from the school had been here since Friday and spent the weekend taking in the monuments and museums. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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The Maryland Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans prepare for the start of the National Memorial Day Parade, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Monday, May 30, 2011. The only qualification for membership into the group is you must be able to trace back to an ancestor that fought in the Confederate Army. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Kathy Summers pulls out a paddle board on the dock at Jack's Boathouse in Georgetown to prepare for an early morning ride on the Potomac River. She's been paddling for about three years and instructs others through her company, Stand Up Paddle DC. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A paddle boarder wraps the ankle strap from the board around her ankle before heading out to paddle on the Potomac River. By law, paddle boarders must either wear a life vest or have one accessible on a vessel. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Paddle boarding instructor Kathy Summers (right) lines up a group of her students on the Potomac River below the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Washington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Mark Baird paddles along the Potomac River near Jack's Boathouse in Georgetown. "This is so different," he said. "It feels like I'm getting away with something. The neatest thing is to go out somewhere in the middle of the river and sit down." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A youth holds up an American flag in the crowded Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington as the audience awaits the arrival of President Obama to speak at a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
