Today we woke up in Washington DC and we started the day by going to the memorial parks for the Korean War and the Vietnam veterans. These parks are so much more than just statues and stones, there are so many thoughts about every angle that makes it special and interesting for people to see. After the memorials parks for the wars we started to go to presidents memorials. The first one was Abraham Lincoln and his statue is in a beautiful house. The statue itself is about 19 feet tall but if he would be standing he would be 32 feet but in the law here in Washington, no statue can be taller than the statue of freedom, and she is 19.5 feet. The second president memorial we went to was dedicated to Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Elanore Roosevelt. His wife Elanore played a very big role in his presidency, when Franklin got into a wheelchair she had to travel for him around 200 days per year.
The next step was the Arlington cemetery for American soldiers and it is huge. There are about 300,000 soldiers buried in the cemetery and it is not full yet and they have about 20-30 funerals per day (Monday-Friday) in this cemetery I saw men take their job more seriously than their life. They are the guards for the unknown soldiers part of the cemetery, they work 24/7, 365 days per year. I think it is a great way to honor them.
After this long walk in the cold weather we went to grab some lunch. After lunch the weather changed for the better, we got some sun but still lots of wind. But no weather was going to stop us going to the mount Vernon park. The memorial park is dedicated to George Washington, the first president of the United States of America. The amazing part of this park is that this was his home and farm. When he was alive he had 8000 acres of land to farm and he had 800 slaves working for him. Today it is a museum and it is huge for only one man. We got to go into his real house, the oldest part of the house was built in the early 1200s. We saw where he died (his bed), his presidential chair and nearly all of the items in the house is original. After the house tour we got some free time to look around and there were so many things to do, like see his grave yard, fake teeth and so much more. And they actually have a restaurant on the land and we got dinner there. It was really good food and everyone got to sit down and share the experiences of the day.
Ulfur--Iceland
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