Hi, this is Maddie.

Today we went to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (the BEP), the Holocaust Memorial Museum, and to Arlington National Cemetery. I like the BEP the best because I got to see real money in the process of being made. The BEP has several huge printing presses that print the money. On one of the printing presses, there was an ink well that had a metal stick that stirred the ink to keep it from drying before it was pressed onto the paper. The Holocaust Museum was really neat. We saw parts of the walls from some of the concentration camps and how the Jewish people were treated. It was sad to see how the Nazis treated the Jewish people. After the Holocaust Museum, we took the Metro to Arlington National Cemetery. At the Cemetery we saw John F. Kennedy’s grave were a flame burns all of the time. Next we saw the Arlington House, the former home of Robert E. Lee. Finally, we say the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the changing of the guards. Did you know that John F. Kennedy’s son, who is buried next to him, lived only two days? Lot’s of people who died in the Civil War are buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

For dinner we met up with some friends that we had not seen for three years. It was really good to see them.

We have only one full day left in DC and then we travel home on Wednesday.

See you later!!

Brain School Challenge

Supplies:
Common Sense and/or a computer
Question:
When did the Holocaust take place?