Down the Road

Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Since 2007

Tag: Navy

  • Remembering my patriotism at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    I had lost touch with my own patriotism. I wasn’t sure anymore that I ever had it. Then I saw the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and my patriotism came flooding back to me. It had always been intact, after all.

  • Remembering my patriotism at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    I had lost touch with my own patriotism. I wasn’t sure anymore that I ever had it. Then I saw the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and my patriotism came flooding back to me. It had always been intact, after all.

  • Touring Heslar Naval Armory, Indianapolis

    It stands like a monument, this Art Moderne building on Indianapolis’s Northwestside. The first time I saw the Heslar Naval Armory was 20 years ago. I had a job Downtown and I drove I-65 every day to my suburban home. But a major project closed the highway for a couple months, and the detour led…

  • Heslar Naval ArmoryCanon A2e, 50mm f/1.8 Canon EFKodak Tri-X2016 This is actually a teaser for a forthcoming post: I got to tour this place, a remarkable building in Indianapolis.