National AIR SPACE MUSEUM.

The National Air Space Museum is more than30 years old. There are a lot of things there some of them are Air Planes others are stuff like Apollo 11 command module,the Spirit of St.Louis. You can also see what it is like to be in a Rocket or inside a cockpit to an airplane. There are also nuclear missiles there. There are theaters there also. Even though it cost $8.00 to go on the flight simulators they are very fun. Besides the flight simulators there is the plane the Wright brothers used to make there first flight. The museum is filled with historical planes and info about flight and space exploration and we hope you can come here and experience the wonders and mysteries here.

American History Museum.

Did you know that the Museum is over 98years old! It opened in January 1910 and It is public.

The American History Museum is in D.C. We saw stuff like the 84th regiment flag,Confederate money,etc,etc. There are a lot of things there for e.g-

The price of Freedom Americans at War-2004.

"President Software History"2002. those things are found there.

Visiting Capitol Hill

We metroed to Union Station which is also a station to Amtrak,Marc,and Virginia Railway Express[VRE]. The station had its most people during WW2 over 200,000 people every day.

We then went to the National Postal Museum. Being a mailman was dangerous back in the old days. If you were driving a carriage driven by horses there might be robberies or you might even be kidnapped. If you were driving a train you might have a better chance but robbers could still ride on a horse and catch up with a train. Trains were not as fast as they are today. They were still steam engines which meant that they are slow and horses could run as fast or even faster. During that time there were over 6.3million dollars in robberies. The army did not have to pay for mail. V-mail was the fasest mail at the time.

After that we went to the Botanical Garden. It was fun, we saw a lot of plants that we didn't see before. These are some of the plants we saw:

1. Bunya Bunya



2. Papala



3. Uoral Aloe



4. Papya



5. Orchids



6. Don Jaun Plant



7. Neoregelia



8. Banna Tree



9. Cannary Island Day Palm



10. Barrel Cactus

Those are all the places we visited and we hope you can have the same experience.

The National Archives

When we went to the D.C we saw the National Archives. We saw the Magma Carta. There are 2 Magma Cartas the Archives have the late one. If you go there it is dark because light damages the paper. If you go there you are going to see the 3 main documents

1. The Constitution







2. The Bill of Rights







3. The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence was written on lamb skin parchment paper. If you see The Constitution you will be able to see the first 10 Amendments. You might be able to see the words written on it but I highly doubt it. The only words you can see are

• "In Congress July 4,1776"

That is why you should go to the National Archives.

Then we went to the water fountain. And some interesting things there and we have some of the pictures

The Kennedy Center

When we went to the Kennedy Center we learned a lot of amazing things like did you know that the Kennedy Center is over 38 years old and that the Kennedy Center opened in 1971. Did you also know that the Kennedy Center is 60ft tall 640 ft wide and 630ft long. The Hall of Nations has over 60 countries flags. The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to President Kennedy. There is also a Presidents box for each theater. Its not only that it also a cultural center for the music and arts. Each country gave something to the Kennedy Center. Italy gave the biggest gift. Over 2000 tons of marble were shipped from Italy and were put into the walls and floors. 1 ton chandeliers were given to us from Sweden. The mirrors were a gift from Belgium. Austria gave us a giant chandelier that hangs in the Opera house. There are over 2000 Crystals in the chandelier. The Opera house can hold up to 2300 people. We then visited the Concert Hall that is where the National Symphonic Orchestra plays it can hold over 2440 people people. We also visited the Terrace Theater that can hold 500 people. When we visited the Kennedy Center we learned a lot of things when we went there and we hope you can experience the same thing we did.

The most interesting places in Washington D.C

When we went to D.C we saw a lot of things like the White House. We didn't get to go inside but we saw the outside. We then went to the White house visitor center. There is a lot of interesting things to see there here is some of it:Truman Renovation,Air Force One,etc. Here are some of the rooms in the White House:Ground Floor,Library,Vermiel room,Diplomatic Recion room,China room,Map room,East room,and the Green room. After we ate our lunch we headed to the Washington Monument. It has a different color on the top part of it because of the Civil War.We weren't able to acsess the quarry in Georgia until the end of the war. We then went to the WW2 memorial its really cool. On the right hand side it shows all the states that fought across the Atlantic Ocean.On the left side it shows all the states that fought across or on the Pacific Ocean. The war lasted from 1939-1945 the war was 6 years long. We then went to the Vietnam Memorial there was a long wall that had all the names of the people that died in the war. Lastly we went to the Lincoln Memorial here is one of his qoutes

"In this temple

As in the hearts of the people

For whom he saved the Union

The memory of Abraham Lincoln is Enshrined Forever"

The national ZOO washington D.C.

The national Zoo in Washington D.C. is very interesting place in Washington D.C. There are a lot of animals there. For example there Was a Bear, monkey , elephant, hippo etc... Those animals are from different places and different contents. For example some elephants are from Africa some Asia.

That day was pandas birth day
The National Zoo was fun you can see the animals that you didn't see before for example we haven't see a Panda Bear before but not now we do. In the Zoo They sell some food but it was very expensive like one cup of just is 4$ and a bottle of soda is 3$ it was expensive so if you are going to the Zoo the good thing is to take your food.`

The Capitol.

The capitol is very historical place. There are a lot of things to see and a lot of memory kept. It was built -1787. there are 2 different places The House of Representatives. There are 435people there. The Senate. There are 100 people. The president can't go to the capital withe out a permission. He has to ask permission from the Congress to go there when ever he wants to.

The biggest library in the world is across the street from the Capitol and it is the Library of Congress and there is the Supreme Court beside it.

The capitol is a very special place to visit and a good place of memory to kept.

Arlington Cemetary Washingtion D.C.

A place of Silence .

A place of Peace.

A place of Respect.

Arlington Cemetary was started when Union troops marched to Robert E. Lee's house. They burried all of there died troops in his yard.

There are a lot of historical things to see. Some of them are Arlington Cemetery's flag placement.Memorial Amphitheater and JFK grave and memorial and Arlington house,the Robert E. Lee memorial.

Old Town

Old Town is very historical place. There are many interesting things to see there are buildings that are connected together. There is Alexandria library, there is a water fall. The next thing we

saw was the Christ Church. This church is very historical place because General George Washington and that it was there before the Civil War. There are very old tombstones there.

The church was built when Alexandria was being built. Then we saw George Washington townhouse{workhouse}. Then we went to the ice well. The ice well was a place that they kept the ice frozen. We then went to Gasbys Tavern. It was the most popualar hotle/tavern. The place only allowed men. But if there where dances women were allowed. The next place was Lord FairFaxes house. They made the house in 1800. So those are all things that you can see in Old Town.