Roger went with the entire 8th-grade class from his school to Gettysburg and DC in May. They left very early Tuesday morning, in the rain.
Roger went with the entire 8th-grade class from his school to Gettysburg and DC in May.
They left very early Tuesday morning, in the rain.
This group, including Roger, was all on Bus 3. There were 8 buses altogether to
transport the entire class of around 400. They stayed at the 4-H conference center
in Bethesda.
They started in Gettysburg.
Robert E. Lee statue.
Little Round Top.
Some displays in the museum.
Collage of some of the people who died here.
Then on to Washington, DC on Wednesday.
Vietnam Memorial.
Vietnam soldiers.
Each student picked a person memorialized on the wall to find out a little more about.
Roger found another Roger Cooper.
Washington Monument. The Reflecting Pool is undergoing repair.
The Korean War Memorial.
Then on the the Smithsonsian American History Museum. This is
Lincoln's hat that he was wearing when shot.
Nixon wanted more impressive secret service uniforms, but it was a short-lived stage.
Yes, that's Roger.
On to Air and Space Museum.
They returned to the Mall that evening to see the WWII Memorial.
Each gold star represents 400 soldiers killed in WWII, and the gold stars that
were hung in windows to honor them.
More memorials on Thursday: Jefferson Memorial.
The FDR Memorial.
FDR
Eleanor Roosevelt.
A representative soup line of the Depression Era.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Monument.
Tidal Basin.
View of DC from Arlington Cemetery.
The Eternal Flame by JKF's grave.
Custis-Lee Mansion in Arlington. This was Robert E. Lee's home.
He forfeited it when he lost the Civil War and the estate was turned into
a National Cemetery.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The Iwo Jima Memorial.
View of the Pentagon from Arlington.
The White House.
Flamingos at the National Zoo.
A glimpse inside the luxury bus on the ride back. We retrieved
Roger from the school around 8:30pm Friday. They covered a lot
of ground in just 4 days' time.