It was great! We went up the Washington Monument... did you know that there are stones from each of the states that were built into the Monument? They are sooo neat... but we didn't get to see all of them - I think the tour guide person said there were over 100 or something like that.
We also went to the Library of Congress, although we didn't get to see the actual library, which only certain people are aloud in, but we saw lots of really neat things. Something about really old documents and books really excites me.
We went to the Supreme Court... but we didn't get to see the court in sesion as the annual cleaning or something or other was going on in the court room. But there was a film about the building, and I think there was one about how the Court works.
In the Capital Building, we went into the dome, which was realy neat. We saw the statues that each state gave. One was Hellen Keller as a child which was really awesome.
It was also really neat to see Mount Vernon, George Washington's home. We went expecting to only be there for five hours or so... but ended up being there the whole day! We took a tour of the house, a National Treasure tour - which got us into the cellar =D - and even took a ride on the Potomac.
On Saturday, we went to the "Restoring Honor" Rally. It was awesome! There were awards given out for faith, hope, and charity... though I can't remember the people who received them. Sorry :). Glen Beck, Sarah Palin, and Alvada King (Martin Luther King's niece, I think) spoke. The rally was all about turning Americans back to a conciousness of a God to whom we are all accountable, and restoring the U.S. back to its former glory and values.
In Christ Alone,
