Our first stop of the day was a bit outside of the capital. It was Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington.
We posed for a picture before watching an introductory video to Washington and his amazing home.
In the Mount Vernon Learning Center, students were able to take the Presidential Oath of Office next to a wax statue of Washington doing the same thing.
Once back in town, we stopped at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.
A short walk along the waterfront brought us to the FDR Memorial, honoring our longest-tenured president.
We sat and learned about President Roosevelt in front of a wheelchaired statue of the president.
The students got in line at the soup kitchen in observance of the Great Depression.
The future trying to live up to FDR's inspiring words.
A further walk down the waterfront brought us to the Jefferson Memorial.
The group sat on the steps and learned about the significance of our 3rd President, whose statue overlooks the White House.
We were able to make one last stop at a Smithsonian Museum. This time, the spot was the Air & Space Museum, where we saw the Wright Brothers first airplane, the spaceship from the first moon landing, and everything in between.
Before dinner, we saw the awe-inspiring US Air Force Memorial, overlooking the Pentagon.
Our final stop of the night was the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial. A bench has been placed for each person who died here that day, indicating whether they were on the plane or in the building.
The students were asked to find a bench, sit, and pray for that person and their family they left behind.
Goodbye DC! On to Philadelphia!
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