We would like to welcome Mrs. Underwood's 5th grade class from Coastline Christian Academy in Goleta, Ca. Mrs. Underwood is a family friend, and her class is following our blog and studying United States Geography/History with us. We are so happy to have the 5th graders traveling around the United States with us!! Kevin is also in 5th grade so they will be learning together. Mrs. Underwood's class and Kevin are going to be "pen pals", and Kevin is sending the class post cards.
Today we traveled by the Metro train/subway to Washington, DC. The kids were so excited to take their first subway ride. We visited the National Air and Space Museum. It was amazing!!!!!!!!! Some of our favorite exhibits were the Wright Brother's 1903 Flyer-the first successful manned aircraft , Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of Saint Louis, the Apollo 11 Command Module, and a space suit with moon dust on it worn by Buzz Aldrin! We also saw Amelia Earhart's plane. We also loved the great hands-on exhibit, with many great learning stations. The boys enjoyed the WWI and WWII area with lots of planes! We spent several hours there, and we plan to go back for another walk through before we leave!
We needed a change of scenery, so we went over to The National Archives Museum - which unanimously proved to be our favorite stop of the day. We saw the original Declaration of Independence, and the original United States Constitution! To see the very documents that our Founding Fathers battled and agonized over was very emotional for us two adults.... The kids thought it was great to see these documents, since we have studied and read so much about them. It really made history come alive! As a side note, they have armed guards on both sides of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and other security roaming around - very cool.... The National Archives Museum also has a Public Vault section - we are going to go back in the next few days and explore more of this area.... Thanks for checking in with us! God Bless!
Today we traveled by the Metro train/subway to Washington, DC. The kids were so excited to take their first subway ride. We visited the National Air and Space Museum. It was amazing!!!!!!!!! Some of our favorite exhibits were the Wright Brother's 1903 Flyer-the first successful manned aircraft , Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of Saint Louis, the Apollo 11 Command Module, and a space suit with moon dust on it worn by Buzz Aldrin! We also saw Amelia Earhart's plane. We also loved the great hands-on exhibit, with many great learning stations. The boys enjoyed the WWI and WWII area with lots of planes! We spent several hours there, and we plan to go back for another walk through before we leave!
We needed a change of scenery, so we went over to The National Archives Museum - which unanimously proved to be our favorite stop of the day. We saw the original Declaration of Independence, and the original United States Constitution! To see the very documents that our Founding Fathers battled and agonized over was very emotional for us two adults.... The kids thought it was great to see these documents, since we have studied and read so much about them. It really made history come alive! As a side note, they have armed guards on both sides of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and other security roaming around - very cool.... The National Archives Museum also has a Public Vault section - we are going to go back in the next few days and explore more of this area.... Thanks for checking in with us! God Bless!
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