Day Five ...

The first thing we did yesterday was see the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam Memorial, and the Korean War Memorial. They were all very cool. The Korean Memorial was cool with the faces carved on the wall, and the statues in the middle of the garden. The Vietnam Memorial was sad, with all the names on the wall, sorted by the time and date of death. The Lincoln Memorial was very cool, although the first time we went it had to be evacuated for a training drill. But, it was opened back up and we went. We got to see a re-enlistment, and an honorary discharge.

            After that we went to the Smithsonian Museums and the National Archives. The first one my group did was the National Archives, and we say the original Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and Constitution. It was really cool to see the original documents.  

            The second museum my group did was the Air and Space, which was fascinating. It was really cool to see all he different kinds of planes and ships. There was this interactive flight simulator I went on, where if you turn the plane upside down, it turned you upside down, and if you were rolling the plane, it would roll you. It was extremely fun, but short.

            The last thing my group did was the Museum of Natural History. We went through the fossils, bones, and the gem wings. The fossils were really cool. There were dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. The bones wing had a lot of bones of modern day animals, and in the back, there were mummies and other ancient Egypt stuff. It was really amazing to see. Then we went to this special exhibit called Written in Bones. It was about forensic anthropology, and how just by the bones of a man or a woman, you can tell their entire life. It was cool.

            After that, and after we got all dressed up, we went to Toby’s dinner theatre to see Fiddler on the Roof. It was a long, but funny and interesting play. It was cool because before the play started, we ate. The stage is in the lower middle, and all the seats are circled around it. The food was on the stage, and then they moved it for the play. It was extremely cool way to end the day.

~Savannah