After a fall and winter of work and more work, we are back into travel mode. Due to pricey Florida tickets, we gave up on visiting Grammy and Florida crew this April vacation. But, I found reasonable fares and a non-stop flight from Bangor to DC. Liam had to teach, so the boys and I decided to go anyway. With the addition of Clucky, the trip was set to go.
We arrived late Saturday night and realized that the Bangor High School chorus was performing Sunday morning at the WW2 Memorial -- perfect, a chance to see my students (Cormac to see some friends) combined with a tour of the monuments.
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| My student, Jessica, accompanies the singers. |
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| BHS Chorus |
Going to the monuments is always moving -- all those people who have sacrificed and struggled to make our country fair and equitable and to try to help people around the world. Plus, as Declan said, "No matter how many times you see these in movies or on TV, it's not the same as really seeing it for yourself." Reason #1 to take your kids places!
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| Love the new MLK Memorial -- so stately and word-oriented! |
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| African-American soldiers who fought in the Civil War |
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| Maine represented at the WW2 Memorial |
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| WW2 Memorial |
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| Vietnam War Memorial |
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| Lincoln Memorial |
Reason #2 to take kids places -- in my AP English class we read this great poem about the Vietnam War Memorial, and my students on the music trip told me they remembered lines from the poem when they visited the memorial. English connections out in the real world.
Luckily the cherry blossoms hadn't gone by completely.
We ended the day with Cailin -- window shopping in Georgetown and eating yummy Thai food (
http://www.bangkokjoes.com/) and cupcakes from
Baked and Wired which Emily, a student of mine, had recommended from when she was page in DC. A great first day in our nation's capital!
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| Giant chess game on roof-top deck of Cailin's apartment building! |
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