Wednesday, July 30 2008

Written by: Our nephew Bryan

Day 2:

Today was a good day but not as good as yesterday.

Well today we went to the Air and Space Museum which has planes and space shuttles basically like a airport hanger with some of the best and fastest planes in the world.

There were three things I really enjoyed today. First was the space shuttle. I liked seeing this because it was not a shuttle that flew into space but a training shuttle to help them get ready for the real thing and let me tell you it was huge.

Next was seeing the fastest airplane ever, the SR-71 Blackbird. This plane went from California to New York in 68 minutes and 17 seconds.

Last was the flight simulator that was a little machine that we sat in. I got to go twice first with Uncle B then Aunt Susan. They flew and i was the gunner and the goal was to go and shoot all enemy airplanes. The first time I went with Uncle B I got 8 kills. But when I went with Aunt Susan we got 1 kill, which was not her fault because the simulator went upside down and so her dress and hair got in the way but I did not care because it was fun.

After the museum we went to where the first battle of the civil war was held and it is called Bull Run. Here we got to see Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson who was the leader of he South and got his name by standing strong when the North charged at them and I thought it was really cool to see his statue because I knew a lot about him from school.

This is all we did today but tomorrow will be awesome because we get to go see the spy and museum so I will send an email tomorrow.

Day 3:

July 7, 2007

Today was one of the best days so far.

Well to start the day Aunt Susan made french toast which was awesome. Then, I got dressed and we went to the spy museum. At the museum we did a mission like a spy and it felt like I was actually playing a game as a spy. I was the one left in charge to scan the documents and get the information and I did good and found everything  needed and we beat the mission and our tour guide was really HOT. There was also a museum of the spy gadgets which was awesome. But the mission was the best.

Then we went to the National Archives which holds the Constitution, Bill Of Rights, and Declaration of Independence. I was very pleased to see the Emancipation Proclamation because this is the 5 minute speech from Abraham Lincoln that ended slavery which was my favorite subject in history.

Last we saw the Jefferson Memorial which was obviously based on Thomas Jefferson our second president of the United States. There is a couple differences between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorial. One is Lincoln is square where Jefferson is circled at the top. Second, the Jefferson is sinking and the Lincoln memorial is not in water so it is not. Lastly, Lincoln is sitting and and Jefferson is standing.

This is what we did today so it was a good day.

Day 4:

Hello, today was a great day.

Well we started by going to George Washington's house. We got to learn about his slaves and got to see his amazing house which was huge.

The slave tour told us where the slaves worked and where they lived and what they did where they worked and how they did it. The house tour was we got to see all rooms in the house and we also got to see where he did his work and many other things.

Tonight was the best of the day I got to see the White House at lit up at night. We got to see a air force 1 helicopter  practicing to drop President Bush off when he gets back from the G8Summit. We also got to see the Washington monument which was really really cool.

Day 5:

Today was another great day.

First we had to get up at 7am and go to get tickets for the Washington Monument and to see where our nations money is made. Well me and Uncle B stayed in line for the monument and Aunt Susan stayed in the money engraving line.

The Bureau of Engraving is a place where we went first and it was awesome I got to see where our money is made and I got a sheet of 16 one dollar bills not cut which is so awesome, the bills look so new its amazing .

Second we went to the Holocaust Museum which showed what the Jews had gone through and it was cool at the same time but so depressing too. It was cool because |I got to learn so much on what they had to go through and also lean about Hitler. It was depressing because it showed what happened to them and what they did when they died and how they starved them and it was just really sad.

And last we finally got to go to the Washington Monument and it was just amazing to see all of the buildings in D.C.

Well tomorrow we start to go to New York, which is going to be great so ya. I Love You an Miss You

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