DC part 2

Hi everyone! Sorry I left a big gap in the posts. Here is my second day in D.C.

We started at the Lincoln memorial. It had a huge-way-larger-than-life-sized statue of Lincoln. On one side of the wall there is the Gettysburg address, the other, the second inaugural address. If you climb up the stairs it is actually really high. Underneath the Monument there is a museum about Lincoln.

After Lincoln we walked into the Arlington Cemetery and saw a field of white, almost identical graves. There was some 250 graves. We kept walking. soon we got to the top, which had Lee's mansion. from there we must have seen 50,000 graves.

Lee's house was Fancy. there is no other word to describe it. it had pillars like Lincoln Memorial but with a more pleasant, sort of sandstone color. Inside they put Lee's old Union uniform and than His Civil War Confederate outfit. All and all that day was amazing.

D.C.

Hi everyone! Thank's for all the comments. The comments are very fun to read. later today I will give you some photos. It is soooo hot here. Shorts and T- shirts every day! I think that D.C. is fun and get back soon. 75 degrees out. Bye!

Airport

Hi everyone! Sea-Tac airport has free wi-fi! Check out the video below. We just had breakfast at Starbucks. I had cinnamon coffee cake! If you have ever walked through Sea-Tac airport you probably saw the fish on the ground. But not many of you saw the fact that some fish are shaped like planes. Also some little guys with bags.

Civil War

Here is a Steve Earle song About a Gettysburg soldier. They use minor swearing. If I where you I would turn the song down to a quarter of Maximum.







I enjoy this song because it is about Kilrain of the 20th Maine. (even though Kilrain is Irish, because the Union has lots of different kinds of people in this example, Irish) Whenever we used to play this song Lucas would pull a chair up to the speaker so he could hear it better. (Even though the song is loud enough!)

Kilrain was in the 20th Maine, led by Joshua Chamberlain. In a time that the 20th Maine ran out of ammunition, at Gettysburg, Joshua had all of his soldiers attach bayonets (sharp steel) to the ends of there guns and charge down the hill. The effect was amazing. The enemy, (South, Confederates) were destroyed. Sadly Kilrain lost his life at Gettysburg.

This song is based on the book The Killer Angels or in movie form, Gettysburg. They are long and rated the same as the movie up there. Both of them are fantastic. Amazing. Worth your time. The minimal age for both in my opinion is seven.

Book Recommendation

Do you like reading? Do you enjoy learning about the Civil War? If you answered yes to all these questions try Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith. I rate it 5 stars. It is about Jeff, a boy that signs up to fight for the Union in the western part of the war. Please post a comment about how much you liked it or tell me other Civil War books. There is a photo of it underground. ;)

School

schoooool's out for summer! Schools out, can you tell? So if you have a google account than you can follow this blog. That would be fun! Our first Washington D.C post will be on Saturday (that's when we will fly to D.C.). It will be really hot. Check the paper! Bye!

Summer

Are you looking forward to the summer? If not than I am! In this blog we will cover WA D.C, Gettysburg,Rhode Island, and a paleontology/dino dig trip also with small, in between posts with what I'm thinking about. We will do D.C/Gettysburg first.