KP in DC 2010
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We'll be eating breakfast at 6:15 this morning and then on the buses by 7:00 so we can make an early connection at Mount Vernon. |
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George and Martha Washington had servants and slaves who worked the many jobs needed to keep the plantation running. This marker acknowledges slave contributions to the life of the Washington household. |
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After a drive up
Massachusetts Avenue and trying to identify all the flags of the
embassies, we had a wonderful tour of the National Cathedral. Taking almost 100 years to complete, it is the sixth largest cathedral in the world. Built entirely of stone, there is no steel or iron structure, just stonework, in the same fashion as the Gothic cathedrals of Europe. The stonework is beautiful and full of unique elements because of the stoneworkers artistic skills. |
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We did go to the Zoo,
but there was only time to see the panda. She was eating lunch so we
left and went to our own lunch at Regan Office Building. From lunch we went along the drive where the Cherry Blossom Festival occurs in early April. The blossoms are gone by the school vacation week. We visited the Jefferson Memorial, honoring our third president and the main author of the Declaration of Independence. |
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It is just a short trip
to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial which includes many water
elements and is dedicated to recognition of physical disabilities,
acknowleding them, but showing they need not be an impediment. FDR
served more terms than any other president and is architect of the
recovery from the Great Depression |
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Although
our students are enjoying themselves, we did help them to understand
that the statue into which they have added themselves does represent
the bread lines in which people waited in order to get food for their
families. After FDR, we went to see Daniel's Story at Holocaust Museum. The exhibit presents the holocaust experience through the eyes of the children who lived or died during that time. No photos are allowed in the exhibit. Back to the hotel, just missing the homeward bound commute so we can prepare for the dinner dance. |
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Dinner dance We got on board while it was still light and we watched the sun set, ate a good dinner and then...and then...DANCE! |
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Buddies! |
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The view from the bow moving up the Potomac. |