Today was filled with tons and tons of things for us to do!
The World War II Memorial is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been, apart from the Library of Congress. With 56 columns representing the states and territories during 1941 - 1945. Each column has a wreath of either oak leaves or wheat stalks, representing the type of significance it was to the United States. The oak leaves for industiral and the wheat stalks for agriculltural. These columns surronded the beautiful Rainbow Pool, which includes a fountain. Hidden in the the memorial is kilroy, the graffiti left behind by the vetrans of World War II. I hope to return to this memorial and the impressive city it resides in as soon as I can.
- Laura Miller
One of the many places we went to was the National Spy Museum. The first part of tour was to pick out a secret identity and memorize it. Afterwards we continued to go on and tour the museum. On the tour we saw night vision googles, the James Bond 007 car, listening devices, and assasination weapons. We continued on and actually crawled through air vents. This museum was very educational and I would visit it again.
- Sean Leary
Today we went souvienir shopping! We all split up into our groups and went into different shops. There were carts with shirts and hats. One shop had "I heart DC" shirts. In another shop there were mini models of the Capital Building and the White House. They even carried copies of the Declaration of Independence. I got my grandfather a World War II hat. My mom will like what I got her.
- Justen Lesser
We went to the Woodrow Wilison exhibit at the Ronald Regan International Trade Center. I liked Woodrow Wilson, he was a good president. After that we went to lunch at the Ronald Regan International Trade Center. My friends and I went to R & B Steak and Grill. It was very good. I am having a great time in Washington.
- Kevin O'Connell
Today we went to Ford's Theater. I thought it was really unique since you could actually see the place where Lincoln was shot. But before that we went to the museum in the basement. There we saw the gun that John Wilkes Booth used to shoot and kill Lincoln. Also we saw the suit he wore. In the theater the ranger gave the crowd the whole story of the assasination. Unfortunitly we did not get to go into the Peterson House where Lincoln died. But the whole event was still fun!
- Doug Jira
Due to the long lines at the National Archives, the 8th grade was allowed to go back to the National Gallery. It was full of beautiful and wonderful sites. The historic paintings were sure to impress.
- Troy O'Neil
Tonight we went to the ESPN Zone for dinner. It was a buffet style dinner and we had choices of small cheese burgers, chicken fingers, salad, and a nice varity of different desserts. They also had many TVs and a game room, that we did not get to go too. There were even TVs in the bathroom stalls.
- Devin Reed
Following that we headed to the American History Museum. As we first headed into the large astonishing building we were confronted by a broad wall with guards on both the entrances on either side of the wall. This intriuged us at once. When we headed into the exhibit we were confronted with the flad that inspired Francis Scott Key to compose our national anthem. The rest of the musuem was filled with equally interesting exhibits on topics in America from transportaion to Julia Child's kitchen - anything that had to do with American history. This visit inspired my fellow students and I to look to the future. It was a great time.
- Doug Lescarbeau
Amoung the most famous memorials in DC (and my personal favorite) is the Lincoln Memorial. It's certainly amoung the most expertly carved. I learned that one side of him, he is carved in a perturbed and tense posture and on the other side he is depicted as calm and collected. This division of the staute's personality is represention of the conflict he faced during the Civil War. His best quotes are carved along the wall and the entire memorial is carved from stone. I learned much from this tribute to our 16th President.
- Audrey Keefe
Today we visited the Einstein Memorial. Einstein was a very famous scientist. The memorial was so large we got to climb on it, the only memorial that you can climb on. We got to sit all over it and took MANY pictures. The Einstein was very fun!
- Hannah Metcalf
After that we went to the Vietnam War Memorials. The first memorial was a wall with the names of every soldier that was killed or went missing during the war. The wall is made to look like it is cut into the ground to represent an open wound. We found the names of soldiers from Delmar on the Wall. The second memorial we saw for the Vietnam War was an image of three women helping a man that was wounded. Then we saw a statue with three soliders of different races. It was a great experience at the Vietnam War Memorials.
- Dan Pennock
Today we went to the Korean War Memorial. It consists of 19 soldiers that are refected on a wall to make 38, this signifies the 38th Parralel. The wall has soliders faces etched into it of those who died during the war. The Memorial is a great tribute and shows a lot of respect to those that have died.
- Tim Saxe
