Washington D.C. Trip 2005

Mr. Sowders reports at 10:20 PM Friday: "Today we were on the road at 6:15 for breakfast.  Went to the White House and had a great tour. We then went to Ford's Theater and enjoyed a presentation given by the National Park Service about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth.  We ate at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center.  We then started our tours of the monuments.  Korean War Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, FDR Memorial, Iwo Jima Memorial and Albert Einstein Memorial. We spent several hours at the Pentagon City Mall (all the shoppers really enjoyed themselves, I hope you did not send too much money with your child, if you did it is gone!)

Mr. Sowders reports at 10:20 PM Thursday: "Today was a great day.  We went to the Capitol building and toured everything.  Congressman Chabot gave us a great tour.  We visited the WWII Memorial. We went to Arlington Cemetery.  We saw the changing of the guard and laid the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  Went to Robert E. Lee Mansion.  Visited the Eternal Flame (JFK).  We got our picture taken in front of the Capitol building.  Went to the Air and Space Museum.  And we got to go through the Holocaust Museum. Got a few showers, but we were inside most of the time it was raining."

Mr. Sowders, 12:44 AM Thursday: "Everything has gone great.  The flight was good, no problems.  Everyone is checked into their rooms. We head out to tour early tomorrow morning."