The Jefferson Memorial, where the kids were very excited to turn in their Junior Ranger packets for the National Mall
Becoming Junior Rangers
2014
2013 (notice, same hat and shorts)
This was Avonlea Jane's first time up close to the Lincoln Monument and Grandma's first time to DC ever. Grandpa hadn't been since he was a teenager.
On our way to tour the Capitol
We were sad the rotunda was closed for the day, but seeing the model of Liberty was cool.
Sam Adams, one of two statues from Massachusetts in the Capitol
A gold copy of the Magna Carta
Justice and History
The cornerstone
The old Supreme Court
The Library of Congress
The words of the Emancipation Proclamation at Ford's Theatre
Lincoln's suit
The President's box at Ford's Theatre
Ford's Theatre is still a working a theatre that does shows almost every night.
Swearing in as Junior Rangers at Ford's Theatre, which had one of the most difficult activity packets yet. It really involved some critical thinking on Avonlea Jane's part.
Eating ice cream while waiting in line for the Peterson House
The Peterson House, where Lincoln died
The bed where Lincoln died
All the books ever written on Lincoln
Ford's Theatre
The National Portrait Gallery used to be a Civil War hospital where Walt Whitman served as a nurse.
The Navy Memorial
Waiting outside of the Archives
National Archives
Look at all those badges. She was a Junior Ranger for Presidents' Park, the National Mall, Ford's Theatre, and the DC police gave the kids an honorary sticker.
We couldn't photograph the documents at the Archives, so this was the best we could do.
Julia Child's kitchen at the Smithsonian of American History
(I failed to take a photo of the ruby slippers.)
Ben Franklin outside of the old post office
Waiting for the color guard to line up at a Navy Band concert
They came in to the "Imperial March" from Star Wars.
The Navy rifle team was amazing.
We expected songs like "You're a Grand Old Flag," not "Happy" by Pharrell.
Holding an invisible flag
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