Washington, D.C. - DAY 2 - Sunday, June 7th

Day 2 began bright and early. We ate breakfast, had a brief Sunday morning fireside, and headed for the metro by 9:00. Our first stop: the Pentagon Memorial for September 11th.

This was pretty sombering. There are benches there for each victim of September 11th crash at the Pentagon. The victims ranged in age from 3 to 71 and the benches are organized by their age. Some of the benches face toward the Pentagon, representing the people who were killed on the plane. Some of the benches face away from the Pentagon. They represent the people who were killed in the Pentagon. It was a powerful memorial.

After the Pentagon, we headed to Arlington National Cemeter and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We watched the changing of the guard at the tomb. While we were there, a little girl dropped her water bottle under the rail and reached across to pick it up. The soldier on duty stepped off the path and yelled, "Young Lady, no one is permitted to . . . " I don't remember what he said, but it was scary and I think that girl may be scarred for life.




We left Arlington and headed to the Smithsonians. The top of everyone's list was the Natural History Museum and the Air and Space Museum. We started at the Natural History Museum, ate lunch, and wandered around. We saw giant whales, large mammals, dinosaur bones, the Hope Diamond, and a lot of other stuff.

After this museum, one group left to go to the Holocaust Museum and my mom and I went over to the American History Museum. We met back up afterwards and all of us went to the Air and Space Museum.

We went to this place called Hamlet's for dinner. We were all very hungry. Our server was Olivia and she talked a lot. Some of the kids went back to go swimming. My mom, Meranda, and I went to find the CVS for some milk and sunscreen.

This night then got a little crazy when we had a fireside chat in the girlies room. Parker had gas and Eva made us sing a tu-da-ta, tu-da-ta. We got a little out of hand and some poor little boy accidentally came into the room and with a very strange look on his face, did a 180 and awkwardly walked away. Oops.