Lincoln Academy's Adventures

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011

Our last day in D.C. was filled with many more interesting places. We started off by going to the White House. Unfortunately we didn’t get to take a tour, but we took a group picture and we were able to see Concepcion who is homeless and has been protesting in front of the White House since 1981. Our second stop was to Ford’s Theatre where our 16^th President, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. We toured the museum and saw the theatre and the balcony were Lincoln was sitting when he was shot. Our next stop took us to the Capitol. We were able to take a tour and see the interesting things inside, such as the rotunda which is the inside of the Capitol dome. Our last stop was to the National Archives where we saw the actual Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights. The room wasn’t very bright, having only the amount of light of 2 foot candles to preserve the documents. We had a quick dinner in Baltimore and then headed to the airport for our flight back home. We all had a great time and this trip was well worth it! I am very glad to have had this opportunity to take this trip - these memories will stay with me forever!!

Morgan

Our last day - Monday, March 28th

The White House

Ford Theatre - Where Abe was shot.

Hanging with Einstein the day before.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Sunday - March 27th

Group at Mt.Vernon

Robert running off the Ha Ha wall

Zach jumping from the Ha Ha wall.

Check out our hair!

Yum!

Lunch at Mt. Vernon

Albert Einstein with LA.

Sunday's Adventures March 27, 2011

(T.J.)Hey everybody, today was really fun. We did all sorts of different adventures. We went to Mt. Vernon for a spectacular view and to see the house of George Washington. All of us had a wonderful time on the "HAHA Hill", which was very exciting indeed, and after that, we ate a fantastic lunch there with many great combinations of delicous foods.
(Carnival)After that we went to the air & space museum. It was awesome. We saw all of the planes and jets. We also saw some satellites. Then we went tomthe national zoo. At the national zoo we saw "pandos". After we were at the national zoo we went to the Einstein museum. There we climbed on the statue of Einstein. Then we went to a hamburger place and had food. It was delicous.

Saturday's Adventures

Hey guys! Here is the word from D.C.. First we got up at 6:00 o'clock, ugh! Then we went to Arlington National Cemetery where we saw the Changing of the Guard. It is a very special ceremony where they switch out the guards that guard the tomb. It is a very serious ceremony and everything is perfectly counted out in 21's. It was cool but very serious.

Then we went to the Pentagon Memorial. That is where we saw the memorial created to remember the 9/11 victims. It was styled in a very unique way where you can figure out how the person died, either in the plane or the Pentagon. Each victim had their own bench and reflecting pool. We also couldn't take pictures of the Pentagon for security reasons.

After that we headed to the Iwo Jima Memorial. If you don't know what Iwo Jima is, it was one of the last battles in World War II. This would basically assure the United States and Allies to win the war. It was huge! The coolest part about it was if you walked in a circle around it, it would look like they were actually raising the flag. It was actually in Virginia, not D.C.. I got some really cool pics!

After our beautiful, and pleasant lunch we headed for The Museum of American History. There were losts of sections and exhibits. Such as pop culture, history of African Americans, Star Spangled Banner, Abe Lincoln's Hat. Then to the Natural History Museum to see the Hope Diamond.

Had dinner at the mall with 5 floors, then back to the hotel to go swimming.

Delaney and Sydney