Girls
The day started early at 5:00 a.m. with a trip to a great breakfast buffet and Arlington National Cemetery. At this giant cemetery we walked for miles, uphill and down, saw a monument to the Challenger Space Shuttle, and watched the changing of the guard, twice. The wreath-laying ceremony was done by Lena G. and Ashlee M. because they had on all the “proper clothes.” It was a very moving experience because a hundred people were totally quiet and very serious while it was going on. The guards were super formal and did everything together—EVERYTHING! We watched the ceremony twice because it was so unbelievable. The cemetery was a huge garden with beautiful flowers, perfectly-trimmed trees, and almost absolute quiet. It was gorgeous.
We visited three Smithsonian Institutions—Air and Space Museum, American Indian Museum, and American History Museum. We walked from one to the other, through the mall (not stores, remember.) It was very far but warm and sunny. We ate dinner at a huge mall, with stores. :>)
Today’s clumsy moments go to Mrs. Dowell, Emma A., and Rikki S. because Rikki walked right into a large mud puddle on the mall—no stores, Emma walked right into an extra-tall, traffic cone, TWICE, as she was busy trying to talk, walk, and take pictures, and Mrs. Dowell fell in her closet! We all are pretty tired.
We got back to the hotel early (8:00 p.m.) because tonight is the only night we get to swim—no time on other nights! Having an AWESOME time. (Don’t worry Mr. Lee; we remembered your free stuff!)
--Rachel A., Jordann F., Hayley F., Alli T.
Boys
Breakfast was great! We had to get up really early to go to Arlington National Cemetery. We saw tons and tons of white gravestones that were lined-up in perfect lines no matter which direction you look. The eternal flame monument at J.F. Kennedy’s grave was sacred but smaller than we thought. The changing of the guard was pretty amazing because the guys don’t change their facial expression, no matter what! They guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in every type of weather! It was so serious that even Levi B. stayed quiet! LOL :>) After the cemetery, we went to the Iwo Jima Memorial, which is the six soldiers standing a flag into the ground. It was a lot larger than we thought, and when you drive around it, it looks like the flag pole is really being stood up—optical illusion.
We rode the subway into downtown DC, and the escalator going underground was the steepest and tallest anyone has ever seen—even Mrs. Hershman was scared and hung on to Hayley and Emma for dear life! We found out it is the third tallest in the western hemisphere. The subway was super fast, and going under the Potomac River was AWESOME! The subway was perfectly clean, not like you see on TV. The three museums had so many things to see that we could only see parts of them. The American History museum was our favorite because we saw the original Star-Spangled Banner, which is enclosed in special glass and gas so it won’t rot away. It is 30 x 34 feet now but was 30 x 42 feet originally. Some people cut off pieces for souvenirs long before it was saved for museum display. We also saw a bunch of stuff on Abe Lincoln. We even saw the masks and irons that John Wilkes Booth’s eight conspirators (new vocab word) had to wear until they died or were executed. They were never able to see anything or show their faces the whole time they were in prison, and one was a woman!
Our last stop was the shopping mall, and it had some great stores. With our food vouchers, we got coupons for the stores at the Pentagon City Mall. Brendan H. was quick to point out the maternity store for Mrs. Marsh, Arianna B. and Jessica H. bought mini pink and blue tutus, and Ben C. got a really great shirt with the presidents listening to iPods. :>)
--Ryan F., Brian Y., Ben C., Levi B.
The day started early at 5:00 a.m. with a trip to a great breakfast buffet and Arlington National Cemetery. At this giant cemetery we walked for miles, uphill and down, saw a monument to the Challenger Space Shuttle, and watched the changing of the guard, twice. The wreath-laying ceremony was done by Lena G. and Ashlee M. because they had on all the “proper clothes.” It was a very moving experience because a hundred people were totally quiet and very serious while it was going on. The guards were super formal and did everything together—EVERYTHING! We watched the ceremony twice because it was so unbelievable. The cemetery was a huge garden with beautiful flowers, perfectly-trimmed trees, and almost absolute quiet. It was gorgeous.
We visited three Smithsonian Institutions—Air and Space Museum, American Indian Museum, and American History Museum. We walked from one to the other, through the mall (not stores, remember.) It was very far but warm and sunny. We ate dinner at a huge mall, with stores. :>)
Today’s clumsy moments go to Mrs. Dowell, Emma A., and Rikki S. because Rikki walked right into a large mud puddle on the mall—no stores, Emma walked right into an extra-tall, traffic cone, TWICE, as she was busy trying to talk, walk, and take pictures, and Mrs. Dowell fell in her closet! We all are pretty tired.
We got back to the hotel early (8:00 p.m.) because tonight is the only night we get to swim—no time on other nights! Having an AWESOME time. (Don’t worry Mr. Lee; we remembered your free stuff!)
--Rachel A., Jordann F., Hayley F., Alli T.
Boys
Breakfast was great! We had to get up really early to go to Arlington National Cemetery. We saw tons and tons of white gravestones that were lined-up in perfect lines no matter which direction you look. The eternal flame monument at J.F. Kennedy’s grave was sacred but smaller than we thought. The changing of the guard was pretty amazing because the guys don’t change their facial expression, no matter what! They guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in every type of weather! It was so serious that even Levi B. stayed quiet! LOL :>) After the cemetery, we went to the Iwo Jima Memorial, which is the six soldiers standing a flag into the ground. It was a lot larger than we thought, and when you drive around it, it looks like the flag pole is really being stood up—optical illusion.
We rode the subway into downtown DC, and the escalator going underground was the steepest and tallest anyone has ever seen—even Mrs. Hershman was scared and hung on to Hayley and Emma for dear life! We found out it is the third tallest in the western hemisphere. The subway was super fast, and going under the Potomac River was AWESOME! The subway was perfectly clean, not like you see on TV. The three museums had so many things to see that we could only see parts of them. The American History museum was our favorite because we saw the original Star-Spangled Banner, which is enclosed in special glass and gas so it won’t rot away. It is 30 x 34 feet now but was 30 x 42 feet originally. Some people cut off pieces for souvenirs long before it was saved for museum display. We also saw a bunch of stuff on Abe Lincoln. We even saw the masks and irons that John Wilkes Booth’s eight conspirators (new vocab word) had to wear until they died or were executed. They were never able to see anything or show their faces the whole time they were in prison, and one was a woman!
Our last stop was the shopping mall, and it had some great stores. With our food vouchers, we got coupons for the stores at the Pentagon City Mall. Brendan H. was quick to point out the maternity store for Mrs. Marsh, Arianna B. and Jessica H. bought mini pink and blue tutus, and Ben C. got a really great shirt with the presidents listening to iPods. :>)
--Ryan F., Brian Y., Ben C., Levi B.
Hershman's Daily Trivia--Answer for yesterday: Robert Schrapnel
Day 2:
Day 2:
The Honor Guard Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery use the same number for everything they do: steps they walk in one pass of the tomb, seconds they wait before each turn, and seconds they wait before walking again. What is that number? Hint: It is used in other military rituals.
mountain dew is the best pop EVA!!
ReplyDeletewelll not really...
anyways that picture of Arianna and Jessica is amazing!!!!
hahaahahahaa!!!!
well yep. :I