Friday October 17th

Hi! This is Maddie.

Today we went to the White House, The National Archives and 7 monuments/memorials. I liked the White House tour because we go to see where many of the Presidents have lived and some of the rooms where George W and Laura Bush have meetings and dinners. We saw the staircases leading to the Bush’s private residence and Mrs. Bush’s offices. We talked to a secret service agent who travels with President Bush……they went to Miami last week. I learned that the White House has its own Dentist office. The National Archives was cool because it holds the original copies of the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution. The DOI was almost totally faded because it had been exposed to sunlight for 25 years while hanging in a frame in the Library of Congress. The Constitution has never been exposed to sunlight and it was easy to read. After that we had an awesome lunch at the American Indian Museum. I had fry bread with honey and cinnamon…it was awesome!

With a full tummy we headed to see the sights on The Mall. The Mall is the strip of land between The Capitol Building and The Washington Monument. We visited the Washington Monument, the WWII Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial and the FD Roosevelt Memorial. My favorite was the Lincoln Memorial because I finally got to see something that I had heard so much about. The Jefferson Memorial was cool because we had a great view of many of the sites in DC.

We went to dinner at a restaurant in Chinatown. The restaurant was called Matchbox and the best part of dinner was dessert…..a chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich with coffee ice cream….YUM!

Thanks for reading!