The
second day of the Iowa Youth Tour was super fun. We accomplished many things
today. The first thing we did this morning was trade pins with some states she
then at 7:45 we walked to our wonderful breakfast at the Crystal City Sports
Pub. The served us amazing food such as; fruit, cereal, bacon, sausage, eggs,
and French toast.
After breakfast we went to the
National Museum of Marine Corps. There was an outside walk way that we
could go on and look at all different statues. Then after the outside walking
trail we went inside the museum. We were greeted by many airplanes in the sky,
and tanks on the ground. You could go in many different places within the
building but I'm going to tell you about one of them I found the most important
to me. The Iwo Jima room. That is were they kept the first flag to be raised on
Mount Suribachi. The six men in this group risked there lives to put our
beautiful nations flag, old glory, on top of that mountain. Soon after came
lunch time around 11:30 at the Devil Dog Diner. We had multiple options for our
cold meat sandwiches. Here are some examples of what we had: ham, turkey, And
we also had a vegan option, every meal came with a cookie, chips, an apple, and
a cup so we could get a fountain pop.
After we ate our filling meals we
went to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. We visited some fallen
Officers from Iowa, such as: Officer Jamie Beunting, Rockwell City ,Iowa
EOW 9/13/13, Officer Antony Beminio EOW 11/2/16, Urbandale, Iowa, Officer
Justin Martin EOW 11/2/16, (home town: Rockwell City, Iowa) officer in
Urbandale, Iowa.
After paying our respects to all of
the fallen officers we went to the bus and we picked up our tour guide.
Our tour guide, Amy, was the best tour guide I have had she knew her stuff and
she made learning about the monuments fun! We went to the Washington monument
where I witness a person lick the memorial to say "have you
licked the Washington monument I think not!" Amy told us many facts about
each site we went to. She also gave us information about stuff we'd would've
never caught if she wasn't with us.
After our wonderful tours with Amy
we got on the bus and went to Union Stations food court. There was a variety of
options, from Chinese food to American burgers and fries or from healthy
smoothies to unsettling Japanese food. We sat down and talk to our group
members and went shopping if we wished to do so.
After a very exciting day in
Washington D.C. We went back to the hotel and played games with different
states in the game room.
We also had Youth Tour Council
interviews today!
Check out the photos from day one here: https://www.facebook.com/IowaYouthTour/posts/1753580044659241
From
the hotel desk of the Hyatt and a 2017 Iowa Youth Tour Student, I'm Branden
Barney, Calhoun County REC
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