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| Breakfast at Crystal City Sports Pub |
Crazy is a very safe way to describe today. It all started
with a 6:30am wake-up call to bring all 34 of the little sunshines out of bed.
We departed the hotel at 7:30 and grabbed breakfast at the Crystal City Sports
Pub where we all enjoyed fruit, scrambled eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausage, and French
toast!
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| Visiting the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial |
From there, we departed to the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial – a stop that we
had missed on Saturday due to the flight cancellation on Friday. It was a
somber reminder of all of the pain that our country experienced on 9/11, and an
even greater reminder of just how strong we are.
Then we traveled to Constitution Avenue to pose with the
statue of Albert Einstein at the National Academy of the Sciences. This
photo-op is a Youth Tour classic!
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| All students with the statue of Albert Einstein |
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| Laying a rose at the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial for Father's Day |
Afterwards, we all crossed over to the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial. The students first walked along the wall and then caught the keynote
speaker – General James. T Conway, former Commandant of the United States Marine
Corps – of a memorial service honoring all of the lives lost in war, reflecting
on the Vietnam conflict and remembering all of those more recently lost in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Afterwards, the students got the opportunity to participate in
the rose-laying ceremony for Father’s Day.
We then all traveled to Ben’s Chili Bowl – a first time for
Youth Tour. We received an incredible presentation from Harold about the
history of Ben’s Chili Bowl and enjoyed some delicious chili and burgers, hot
dogs, and fries.
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| Youth Tour takes on Ben's Chili Bowl for the first time ever! Yum! |
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| Inside the Mount Vernon Entrance |
From there, we made the trip to Mount Vernon – the home of
George Washington. First we went on a walking tour of General Washington’s
Mansion. We then spent some time exploring the grounds on our own before receiving
another guided tour that was a mix of Hollywood and history. The tour was about
the filming of the movie “National Treasure” which was set in Mount Vernon for
various scenes. We saw the locations of the actual filming sights and learned
about the tunnels and basement as we walked through.
We then traveled back into DC to go to the Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts to see the Hall of Nations and grab a quick dinner of
either pulled pork or spaghetti.
Finally, we went on the annual Youth Tour cruise! This year,
we were paired with Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas, Virginia, Maryland,
and Delaware.
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| Students pose with our bus driver, Rob Taylor, ahead of the Youth Tour cruise. |
In total, each student logged about 16,000 steps which would
be about 6 miles on their feet over a 16 hour day that we made eight different
stops during. Tomorrow will be another full day around the city as we continue
to work to make-up for lost time. We should all be worn out in no time!
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