Harrison Junior School Washington D.C. Trip

OLD Photo Sets, Wednesday Flight

755 = Breakfast 6:00 am Thursday morning.  They love getting up early.

757 = Congressman Steve Chabot from Ohio District #1 meets with the students and explains the history of the Capitol Building before taking us into the House of Representatives.
 

759 = An unbelievable pictorial of history in the hallway leading to the House of Representatives.
 

765 = Congressman Chabot giving a history lesson.
 

767 = Capitol Rotunda, WOW!!!
 

768 = Words cannot describe the Rotunda!

769 = U.S. Flag Corp practicing in the Rotunda for the National Commemoration of the Days of Rememberance.
 

770 = U.S. Military Band performing the National Anthem. Very impressive.
 

772 = Congressman Chabot giving a history lesson about the Rotunda.

774 = Congressman Chabot with the Chaperones.

778 = Robert E. Lee mansion at Arlington National Cemetery.
 

779 = Grave stone at Arlington National Cemetery.
 

780 = JFK Eternal Flame

782 = Harrison Jr. School Wreath presenters "Excited or Nervous, the response was, BOTH!"
 

784 = Presenters receiving instructions about the wreath laying ceremony.
 

786 = Making the long walk.
 

787 = Placing the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
 

789 = The playing of Taps.  What a tear jerker!!!
 

790 = Harrison Junior School Wreath, "What an HONOR!"

791 = History lesson given by Uncle Joe in the amphitheater about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
 

796 = Ceremony for Sgt. David Kreuter
 

800 = Rows of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery

803 = Abner Doubleday's grave site.  He was the inventor of the game of BASEBALL.
 

805 = Pentagon
 

810 = Arlington Headstones

813 = White House - North side
 

814 = Democracy at it's best!  Man has been protesting Nuclear War since 1981.  He is located just 200 feet from the White House.
 

817 = White House - South side

818 = World War II Memorial entrance - Lincoln Memorial in the background.
 

820 = Atlantic Pavilion
 

821 = Pacific Pavilion

822 = Chaperone's kicking back.  I wonder what the kids are doing?  Just kidding.  We are lucking to have Mrs. Huellemeier and Mrs. Whitmore, they are unbelievable chaperones.
 

823 = Students at World War II Memorial.
 

825 = Vietnam Memorial - look very closely.

827 = Vietnam Memorial - Ashley, Hannah, and Karlee.
 

828 = A Peanut at the wall.
 

829 = Washington Monument.

831 = Abraham Lincoln Memorial
 

832 = Korean War Memorial
 

834 = Awakening

835 = Awakening - having a little fun.
 

836 = Awakening - Why???
 

841 = Awakening - He survived!!!  Unless I catch him!!!