Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Out and about in DC

Just a quick post before we're off again!! As usual, Ashley is wearing me out!! But we're having fun! Yesterday was the big promotion day. I'll try and post some pictures later today. Ashley and one of the other fellows were both promoted to Major (Army). They held the promotion ceremony in the rotunda of the National Archives with the cases of the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, etc. surrounding us! We were the only ones in the building (except for the guards) so it was pretty special. We had to be out by 9 a.m. After the ceremony, we took pictures outside and then wandered around DC until things opened at 10 am. We went to the American History Museum; took the elevator to the top of the Washington Monument; went to a Statue Garden; had lunch at Old Ebbitt's Grill and took the metro back home around 7 pm. Today, we are going back into town .... after breakfast at The Original Pancake House .... and going to the Newseum, a new Smithsonian about newspapers.

1 comment:

Gus@wctc.net said...

If you get a chance to go to the National Portrait Gallery, part of the Smithsonian, on the 2nd floor is a picture that was just hung of Eunice Kennedy Shriver with 5 Special Olympic athletes. The little girl is from my SO group in WI. She is the first woman to hang in the Gallery that isn't a first lady. It is really neat. The gallery is down by Chinatown. Enjoy, wish I was there too.
Deb