Washington D.C. Trip

Madeleine’s Washington D.C. trip

Attractions

Baltimore Inner Harbor: Lost in Baltimore

Arlington Cemetery: The Tomb of the Unknowns and the John F. Kennedy Grave Site. While we were at The Tomb of the Unknowns we saw a guard change. People where doing little acts with the gun, inspecting each other to make sure they looked professional. It was interesting, at first I didn’t want to go, but my Grandpa talked me into it.

The Lincoln Memorial: The Lincoln Statue has a change to the face; on one side Lincoln is smiling and on the other he is frowning. The Lincoln Memorial had a great view of the mall, but it was cloudy so the pictures didn’t turn out well.

The Vietnam Memorial: the Vietnam Memorial was very sad. The war was not called for; many innocent people died for no reason. I made a rubbing of the names Willard and Wideman, both family names. This was really fun to get to see people who have the same last name.


Korean War Memorial: Men were all spread out looking as though they didn’t know what was going on. All of the men in the scene looked like they thought there was enemy behind every bush.

Roosevelt Memorial: The Roosevelt Memorial had many things and memories for me to look at. I feel very safe and protected here. This was my favorite memorial; I copied the pose of Eleanor Roosevelt.

The National Air and Space Museum: The Space Museum was very interesting; I had a lot of fun. While we were here I bought Alec an airplane. I hope he likes it. There where lots of different planes to see, I got to go in to a few of the them. Their layout was amazing. All of the controls the pilot use look very complicated.

The Jefferson Memorial: the Jefferson Memorial was very nice; we went there during the early night so it was all lit up. The Memorial has a great view of the Washington Monument. My favorite part was posing on the big square post in front of the memorial.

-Madeleine