National at Park Place
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Air & Space, American History and more
... Flyer. Not only from a technical standpoint is what the Wrights did impressive, but what their invention has done for our lives today. One thing Noah pointed out to me is that because people could use airplanes to get places in hours instead of days, they have been able to move farther from home and family and experience different cultures and still feel like they can always go home. Then he reminded me he wants to move to Canada at some ...
Learning bout GW @ Mount Vernon
... which he built himself, and viewing the bed he died in (his wife sealed the bedroom the day after his death as was the practise of the day...presumably if more than one room existed in the family home!!). In his office was a chair that he used over the 8 years of his presidency which he was quoted as saying "an extraordinary chair for an ordinary man".
GW had over 2oo slaves during his lifetime assisting ...
Day 46
... by the Confederate army (the south). From the film, we moved into the museum - really wonderful displays and an interactive map of the first battle which centred on Henry Hill. As we finished here, we were in time for a personal explanation (there was no one else there for his tour) from a park ranger of the second battle of Manassas, using the 3D topographical map in the museum - he went into the events which led up to the battle and discussed the personalities of ...
Waiting at Dulles Airport
... security check told me she wanted the Moody Middle sweat shirt I am wearing. She said she was moody and she wanted it. Hey, if I had to work security at the airport, I would be moody too. We start boarding the plane shortly so I'll sign off for now. More tomorrow from Paris.
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Long lost friends and non-reflecting pools
... by 2:30am…
2nd_JULY_2011
A tad bit hungover this morning. Unfortunately, Anam’s phone broke last night so she had to pop to the shop a couple of times to get it sorted. Once we were eventually up we started walking towards the White house. It looks a lot smaller in real life. The security on that place was unspeakable. Just the casual sniper tripods on the roof ready and waiting… It was a quite a sweaty day today ...
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