Day 8- Saturday in Washington D.C.

After a long trip, it's finally time to end it with a ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers at Arlington. Everyday, severall organizations participate in the changing of the gaurd ceremony. Our school selected four students to represent us, by walking down the stairs and laying down the gaurd. The temperature was unberable, but it was an honor to take the time to recognize the several lives taken in America's great battles.

Day 7- Friday in Washington D.C.

Today, we used the MetroRail system as our source of transportation in Washington D.C. While waiting for our train to arrive, we stood outside of the Crystal City. As Mr. Ewalt explained how to use the ticket syste, I looked around to get a good view of D.C. It just so happened that we were standing on a tessellation. We were standing on bricks that were showing a tessellation using rotation. This was very helpful for the tessellation project we have to work on for math.

Day 6- Thursday in Gettysburg

1863, Gettysburg Pennsylvania is used for a main strip of battle land for the Civil War. The North and South fought against each other to debate the conflict of states' rights on things like slavery. The war took place in July, that lasted for three days in Gettysburg. The temperatures went up to 90 degrees each day. Soldiers would wear over 50 pounds in equipment each day, marching around the battle fields. The weight they wore combined with the heat of the summer, made the war even more miserable. Disease was another problem during the war, which was the actual main killer. In the end, the war eventually went to the North. Which led to the banning of slavery.

Day 5- Wednesday in Gettysburg

In 1776, a public document was created, named the "Declaration of Independence." The document was written by Thomas Jefferson to state their independence from Britian. Many different hard copies of this document were made and brought to the Pennsylvania State House, which is now called Independence Hall. The hard copies were discussed with Congress and were revised each time. Finally, on July 4, 1776 the final draft was approved by the signing of 56 congressmen. This public document was written in the English language and is now used every day in politics to make sure if a law in constitutional or not.

Memorials and Monuments

Jefferson Memorial:
Thomas Jefferson was a minister to France, a Secretary of State, he donated 6,000 books to Congress, was the main author of the Declaration of Independence, the third president, and founded the University of Virginia, which was said to be his most proud accomplishment. The Jefferson Memorial has a 19ft statue of Jefferson, and on his feet are books to represent his love for reading, corn to represent agriculture, and a tobacco leaf to represent the main crop of Virginia, his home state.
Lincoln Memorial:
Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14th, 1865 in Fords Theater, and he died the next day. He was the first president to be assassinated. The Lincoln Memorial was designed after the Greek Temples, and the statue in the center is 19ft by 19ft. It was created by Daniel Chester, and is the site of the famous "I Have A Dream" speech by Martin Luther King Jr. The Lincoln Memorial represents the "North", and the house of General Lee represents the "South". The Arlington Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River represents the connection between the "North" and the "South".

Vietnam Memorial:
There are 58, 261 names on the black granite wall of the Vietnam Memorial. The 58, 261st name was just placed on May 5th, when Manrique Valdez died of his injuries from the war.

Arlington:
Arlington National Cemetery is considered one of the most sacred places of the U.S. With over 300,000 graves, it is also the second largest cemetery in the United States. It is also the second oldest, and was founded in 1864. Two presidents are buried here: William Howard Taft, and John F. Kennedy. At Kennedy's grave site, there is an eternal flame. J.F.K.'s brother, who was also assassinated, Robert Kennedy, is also buried there.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers:
There are three bodies in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. One is from World War One, one is from World War Two, and the other is from the Korean War. There used to be a fourth body from the Vietnam War, but modern DNA testing identified the man as Michael Glassey of Missouri.

Washington D.C.

Wayne was our tour guide in D.C., and he told us all about the city. It was the first city in the world to be planned specifically as a capitol in 1791. It is 100 square miles, and the land was hand selected by George Washington himself. It includes 64 miles of what was Maryland, and 36 miles of what was Virginia. The city's original designs were by Pierre L'Enfant, who designed the city into four quadrants: Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest. But when L'Enfant tore down one of the Congressman's houses without their permission, he was fired. Benjamin Bonnica completed the plan for the Washington District of Columbia. The "city of memorials" as Wayne calls it, has no tall buildings, and each state is represented as a street, avenue, or drive. California is the only street, and Ohio is the only drive. The rest are avenues. The Washington Cathedral is the second largest cathedral in the United States, and it is here that the only president to be buried in D.C. is buried: Woodrow Wilson. D.C.'s population is 500,000, and D.C. has it's own mayor and congressman. The oldest neighborhood in D.C is Georgetown, which was founded in 1751, and was named for George Bell, who donated his land to tobacco farmers. Georgetown was home to president John F. Kennedy before he was president, and is also home ot the oldest Catholic University, which was established in 1789. Madeline Albright, the first woman Secretary of State, lives in D.C. as well.

Boston Colleges with Pictures

When we arrived in Boston, our tour guide, Heidi, gave us information on all of the institutes that dotted the West Coast. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, has a 364 ft corridor connecting the buildings because the architects thought that the spaced-out students would forget to put on their coats if the had to go outside. Twice a year, the sun illuminates the entire corridor, and this is referred to as "MIT Henge".
The other famous college in Boston is Harvard. It was founded in 1634, but not by John Harvard. John Harvard left all of his books and wealth to "the new college" in the area, so, when he died, they decided to name it after him.

Because of this great wealth of knowledge in such a small area, in Boston, 35% of the population has a four-year college degree. And in Cambridge, 64% of the population has a four-year college degree! That says a lot about who is living there!

Lexington and Concord with Pictures

Heidi also gave us a play-by-play of the events that happened at Lexington and Concord. On April 19, 1775, the British had to walk 12 miles into Lexington, and were on their way to Concord, when all 700 of them met with only 77 Minute Men. Minute Men were untrained soldiers that had to be ready on a minute's notice. Instead of walking by the Minute Men, who, obviously, posed no threat to the British, without a command, some British troops fired. Holding true to their orders, the Minute Men did not respond. Through this fire, eight of the Minute Men were killed, and ten others were wounded. After this bout of manslaughter, the British continued on to Concord. Word spread all throughout Lexington and Concord, though, that the British had fired at these poor Minute Men, so all throughout the area, more and more Minute Men troops were called to get revenge on the British. When the British were marching on the road to Concord, they didn't know that hiding in the bushes on the sides of the roads, their enemies awaited them outnumbered three Minute Men to one British soldier. The unsuspecting British were soon caught in a flurry of shots from the Minute Men. The British tried going into the woods to find the Minute Men, but they shot them before they got too close. This slaughter continued well into the night.

Meanwhile, Paul Revere and William Doss were trying to warn the citizens of Concord that the Regulars were coming. But they got stopped on the way by a British patrol who asked them what they were doing. William Doss pretended to be drunk and evaded capture, but Paul Revere's horse was taken away, and he was held for a few hours until he managed to convince the British of his innocence. Paul Revere and William Doss ran into the town of Concord, and alerted the townsfolk that the Regulars were coming to Concord.
At Miriam's Corner, a place where many roads intersected, the British and the Minute Men came together in terrible bloodshed. Legend has it that seven British soldiers were so afraid of the Minute Men that they came up to a woman working in her fields outside of the fighting and surrendered to her.

Independence Hall with Pictures

Independence Hall was built after the American Revolution. Before, it was the Philadelphia State House. Construction started in 1732. At that time, colonists considered themselves proudly to be Englishmen, and the economy was doing well. In the 1750s and 1760s, though, things began to fall apart. In 1754, the French and Indian war between Britain and France began, causing Britain to be bankrupt. To get money, they began taxing the colonists on tea, glass, and other essential items. But the colonists were simply colonists, so they weren't represented in Parliament. The colonists found this unfair, because they weren't being represented in Parliament, they had no control over it.

The First Continental Congress meets with delegates from each of the thirteen colonies to discuss what to do with Britain. Everyone is afraid of the elephant in the room: war with Britain. After six months, fighting breaks out at Lexington and Concord, so they hold a Second Continental Congress to discuss what to do next. They were afraid of declaring independence-after all, it was an act of treason. But all their attempts at peace failed. So they drafted five men to write the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson was the main author. On July 4th, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. During the war, they tried to set up a new government under the Articles of Confederation. But there was hardly a national government, and the states fought. So delegates from the states met again, except for Rhode Island, at the Constitutional Convention for four months. While originally planning to "fix" the Articles of Confederation, they instead wrote an entire new Constitution with two houses and three branches of government. Checks and balances kept these three branches from becoming unequal to each other. They also debated the issue of slavery, but decided that the states would figure that out for themselves. Philadelphia was the temporary capitol, and in Independence Hall, the first floor was the House of Representatives, and the second floor was the Senate. In 1791 the Bill of Rights was added, and in 1800, the power passed peacefully between George Washington and John Adams.

Amish Country with Pictures

When touring Lancaster (pronounced Lan-cuh-ster), our tour guide, Sandy Clark filled us in on the history and customs of the Amish religion. The church was founded in 1693, by Jacob Amen, who was a bishop of a Mennonite church. But a conflict arose in the church, and one of the members was shunned. Jacob Amen and a group of people disagreed with this ruling and broke off from the church, and called themselves Amish. When the government paid their debt to William Penn in the form of a huge plot of land, William Penn decided to open it to people of all religions. The Amish seized this opportunity and settled there.
They speak a mix between German and English called Pennsylvania Dutch. The men when they are married, must grow a beard.

The Amish population of Lancaster is between 27,000 and 28,000. There is a one-story house that is attached to the family home called a "dotty house" that is saved for elderly relatives and singles. The upstairs of a house is reserved only for sleeping, and the colors of the house are all neutral. There is also no wall-to-wall carpet allowed. No photographs are allowed, as that is seen as idolistic, but there are drawings and art. Only 40% of the Amish in Lancaster live on farms. The rest own small businesses. They grow corn, alfalfa, and tobacco, and there are dairy farmers there as well. They also raise deer and chicken.

The power sources they are allowed to use are limited, so the kind of electricity they do use is called "Amish electricity". It consists of solar energy and compressed air. Church is hosted at people's homes, and is hosted every other Sunday. It consists of a three-hour service, in which the men sit oldest to youngest on the left side of the room, and the women sit oldest to youngest on the right side of the room. Church starts at 8:30 and after the service, lunch is served. The Amish are born into their own district, which consists of 25-35 families. There are 125 districts in Lancaster. The dress code for the women is that they must wear solid color dresses until they are 14, in which they can wear patterns. They cannot wear buttons, and they wear a white apron until they are married, when they cannot wear a white apron anymore. They are also not allowed to wear any jewelry. Their hair is never cut, and is worn with the side strands twisted into a bun at the nape of their neck. A recent fashion "fad" for the Amish is to wear Crocs. The men wear buttoned pants and shirts. The Amish are also not allowed health insurance, since they feel that that would be "cheating God's will". They are allowed to go to hospitals, though, though they mostly use home remedies. 40% of the businesses in Lancaster are owned by women. Their means of transportation are buggies, scooters, or rollerblading. They are not allowed bikes, because they can go too far and too fast. They are not allowed to have credit cards because they don't believe in frivolous debt. They are allowed telephones in their businesses, but not in thier homes, though most homes have an outside telephone booth. The telephones would connect them to the outside owrld too much, and expose them to the temptations of gossip. No one is converted into the Amish religion, all that join are born into it. School is first through eighth grade, and they are not allowed to continue their education after that, though they are by law required to attend school for two hours a week until they are fifteen. They do not teach science, because they feel it is not necessary. School is taught only by single Amish women. They play baseball, basketball, and soccer, but to not compete with other schools because that would show that one is better than the other. When the kids are 16, they can join a "gang" with 50-60 kids in them. They meet every Sunday night, and they are allowed the luxury of televisions and cell phones because they have not "joined" the church yet. Most girls join when they are 17 or 18, and most boys join when they are 21-22. If you join the church and then leave, you are shunned, but if you never join the church, then your parents will be slightly embarrassed, but you will not be shunned. Nine out of ten kids join the church. They are allowed to ride in cars, but not drive them. They go on vacations, but they don't fly. They do not divorce. The bride's family hosts a wedding, and they are only in the fall, and only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There is also a three-hour wedding service.

Gettysburg

I don't really know if I'm even allowed to say this on the blog but our tour guide for Gettysburg was SO BORING!!!!!! He just repeated himself and repeated himself, but this is the information I gathered:
The North was led by General Mead, and the South was led by General Lee. The battle was the most deadly battle, but it only lasted three days, from July 1st-3rd. It left behind 22,000 wounded men, 8,000 dead men, and 5,000 dead horses. There are 190 houses in Gettysburg that are still around from the time of the battle. Soldiers joined a company in the army of 100 men, and a regiment of a thousand men. Disease that spread throughout the camps killed one out of two people. The soldiers would carry 30-45 pounds on their person, consisting of clothes, canteen, 40 rounds, a cartridge box, a rifle, and a bayonet. Their uniforms were wool, too, and they were unbearable in the 90 degree weather in Gettysburg in July. The average soldier was only 5'6"-5'7". One soldier, though, loomed above all the others at a whopping 6'11 1/2".
The ideal land in Gettysburg was Little Round Top, a small hill that was mostly clear of trees.

On the second day, the Northern line was shaped like a fish hook around Little Round Top. The line was three miles long. Little Round Top changed hands a few times: the first day, General Lee had it, and the second day, General Mead had it. On the second day, the fighting began on Little Round Top, and on that second day only, there were 22,000 dead. The third day, there were 14,000 dead. The third day consisted of Pickett's charge. Pickett's charge was a move by General Pickett where he marched his troops across a field that was one mile long, and the North decimated their numbers by shooting at them from the high ground. 6,000 Confederates died.
There was one civilian killed in the battle, and one civilian wounded in the battle. Jenny Wade was killed when she went into the kitchen to bake bread, and a stray bullet killed her. The civilean that was wounded was John Burns, and elderly gentleman that wanted to fight with the Union. He was wounded, but when the Confederates came by, he looked so harmless that they didn't bother with him.

Amish Country

When touring Lancaster (pronounced Lan-cuh-ster), our tour guide, Sandy Clark filled us in on the history and customs of the Amish religion. The church was founded in 1693, by Jacob Amen, who was a bishop of a Mennanite church. But a conflict arose in the church, and one of the members was shunned. Jacob Amen and a group of people disagreed with this ruling and broke off from the churhc, and called themselves Amish. When the government paid their debt to William Penn in the form of a huge plot of land, William Penn decided to open it to people of all religions. THe Amish siezed this opportunity and settled there.
They speak a mix between German and English called Pennsylvania Dutch. The men when they are married, must grow a beard. The Amish population of Lancaster is between 27,000 and 28,000. There is a one-story house that is attached to the family home called a "dotty house" that is saved for elderly relatives and singles. The upstairs of a house is reserved only for sleeping, and the colors of the house are all neutral. There is also no wall-to-wall carpet allowed. No photographs are allowed, as that is seen as idolistic, but there are drawings and art. Only 40% of the Amish in Lancaster live on farms. The rest own small businesses. They grow corn, alfalfa, and tobacco, and there are dairy farmers there as well. They also raise deer and chicken.l The power sources they are allowed to use are limited, so the kind of electricity they do use is called "Amish electricity". It consistes of solar energy and compressed air. Church is hosted at people's homes, and is hosted every other Sunday. It consistes of a three-hour service, in which the men sit oldest to youngest on the left side of the room, and the women sit oldest to youngest on the right side of the room. Church starts at 8:30 and after the service, lunch is served. The Amish are born into their own district, which consists of 25-35 families. There are 125 districts in Lancaster. The dress code for the women is that they must wear solid color dresses until they are 14, in which they can wear patterns. They cannot wear buttons, and they wear a white apron until they are married, when they cannot wear a white apron anymore. They are also not allowed to wear any jewelry. Their hair is never cut, and is worn with the side strands twisted into a bun at the nape of thier neck. A recent fashion "fad" for the Amish is to wear Crocs. The men wear buttoned pants and shirts. The Amish are also not allowed health insurance, since they feel that that would be "cheating God's will". They are allowed to go to hospitals, though, though they mostly use home remedies. 40% of the businesses in Lancaster are owned by women. Their means of transportation are buggies, scooters, or rollerblading. They are not allowed bikes, because they can go too far and too fast. They are not allowed to have credit cards because they don't believe in frivolous debt. They are allowed telephones in their businesses, but not in thier homes, though most homes have an outside telephone booth. The telephones would connect them to the outside owrld too much, and expose them to the temptations of gossip. No one is converted into the Amish religion, all that join are born into it. School is first through eighth grade, and they are not allowed to continue their education after that, though they are by law required to attend school for two hours a week until they are fifteen. They do not teach science, because they feel it is not necessary. School is taught only by single Amish women. They play baseball, basketball, and soccer, but to not compete with other schools because that would show that one is better than the other. When the kids are 16, they can join a "gang" with 50-60 kids in them. They meet every Sunday night, and they are allowed the luxury of televisions and cell phones because they have not "joined" the church yet. Most girls join when they are 17 or 18, and most boys join when they are 21-22. If you join the church and then leave, you are shunned, but if you never join the church, then your parents will be slightly embarrased, but you will not be shunned. Nine out of ten kids join the church. They are allowed to ride in cars, but not drive them. They go on vacations, but they don't fly. They do not divorce. The bride's family hosts a wedding, and they are only in the fall, and only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There is also a three-hour wedding service.

Independence Hall

Independence Hall was built after the American Revolution. Before, it was the Philadelphia State House. Construction started in 1732. At that time, colonists considered themselves proudly to be Englishmen, and the economy was doing well. In the 1750s and 1760s, though, things began to fall apart. In 1754, the French and Indian war between Britain and France began, causing Britain to be bankrupt. To get money, they began taxing the colonists on tea, glass, and other essential items. But the colonists were simply colonists, so they weren't represented in Parliament. The colonists found this unfair, because they weren't being represented in Parliament, they had no control over it.
The First Continental Congress meets with delegates from each of the thirteen colonies to discuss what to do with Britain. Everyone is afraid of the elephant in the room: war with Britain. After six months, fighting breaks out at Lexington and Concord, so they hold a Second Continental Congress to discuss what to do next. They were afraid of declaring independence-after all, it was an act of treason. But all their attempts at peace failed. So they drafted five men to write the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson was the main author. On July 4th, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. During the war, they tried to set up a new government under the Articles of Confederation. But there was hardly a national government, and the states fought. So delegates from the states met again, except for Rhode Island, at the Constitutional Convention for four months. While originally planning to "fix" the Articles of Confederation, they instead wrote an entire new Constitution with two houses and three branches of government. Checks and balances kept these three branches from becoming inequal to each other. They also debated the issue of slavery, but decided that the states would figure that out for themselves. Philadelohia was the temporary capitol, and in Independence Hall, the first floor was the House of Representatives, and the second floor was the Senate. In 1791 the Bill of Rights was added, and in 1800, the power passed peacefully between George Washington and John Adams.

Lexington and Concord

Heidi also gave us a play-by-play of the events that happened at Lexington and Concord. On April 19, 1775, the British had to walk 12 miles into Lexington, and were on their way to Concord, when all 700 of them met with only 77 Minute Men. Minute Men were untrained soldiers that had to be ready on a minute's notice. Instead of walking by the Minute Men, who, obviously, posed no threat to the British, without a command, some British troops fired. Holding true to their orders, the Minute Men did not respond. Through this fire, eight of the Minute Men were killed, and ten others were wounded. After this bout of manslaughter, the British continued on to Concord. Word spread all throughout Lexington and Concord, though, that the British had fired at these poor Minute Men, so all throughout the area, more and more Minute Men troops were called to get revenge on the British. When the British were marching on the road to Concord, they didn't know that hiding in the bushes on the sides of the roads, their enemies awaited them outnumbered three Minute Men to one British soldier. The unsuspecting British were soon caught in a flurry of shots from the Minute Men. The British tried going into the woods to find the Minute Men, but they shot them before they got too close. This slaughter continued well into the night.
Meanwhile, Paul Revere and William Doss were trying to warn the citizens of Concord that the Regulars were coming. But they got stopped on the way by a British patrol who asked them what they were doing. William Doss pretended to be drunk and evaded capture, but Paul Revere's horse was taken away, and he was held for a few hours until he managed to convince the British of his innocence. Paul Revere and William Doss ran into the town of Concord, and alerted the townsfolk that the Regulars were coming to Concord.
At Miriam's Corner, a place where many roads intersected, the British and the Minute Men came together in terrible bloodshed. Legend has it that seven British soldiers were so afraid of the Minute Men that they came up to a woman working in her fields outside of the fighting and surrendered to her.

Boston Colleges

When we arrived in Boston, our tour guide, Heidi, gave us information on all of the institutes that dotted the West Coast. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, has a 364 ft corridor connecting the buildings because the architects thought that the spaced-out students would forget to put on their coats if the had to go outside. Twice a year, the sun illuminates the entire corridor, and this is referred to as "MIT Henge".
The other famous college in Boston is Harvard. It was founded in 1634, but not by John Harvard. John Harvard left all of his books and wealth to "the new college" in the area, so, when he died, they decided to name it after him.
Because of this great wealth of knowledge in such a small area, in Boston, 35% of the population has a four-year college degree. And in Cambridge, 64% of the population has a four-year college degree! That says a lot about who is living there!

Day 4- Tuesday in New York

Today, was the day where we took a ferry around The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, walk around Central Park, and lastly went to Broadway's Shrek the Musical.

While we walked around Central Park, there was a various amounts of street players, including: guitar (some also sang,) tenor sax, harmonica, and some home-invented instruments.

Every day they will set up a place in a shady area of the park, where many people pass by, and pull out a jar or an instrument case to collect tips from common people.

In New York, this is a very popular thing that people will do every day to get some extra cash. One thing that always catches someones eye, is when the street players ethier get a group of players together to make a small band or find a unique way to make a different sound with their instrument.

Day 3- Monday in New York

Today we drove from Boston, MA to New York City, NY. We left at about 1 o'clock and arrived at about 5 o'clock. In total this "fun" drive was around 4 hours long. The estimated distance is around 214 miles.

So, by using the equation:

Total Distance/Total Time = Average Speed

You plug in your numbers:

214mi/4h= 53.5 mph

So we went at an average speed of 53.5 mph

Saturday-Vietnam Memorial, Franklin D. Roosevelt

Today was our last day and we went to the Vietnam Memorial, Roosevelt's Memorial, World War 2 Memorial, and to Arlington's National Cemetery. At the Vietnam Memorial there was a piece of paper that said, "Dying for freedom is not the worst that could happen, being forgotten is." That broke my heart when I read that. We learned that at Vietnam 58,261 men and women died fighting for our freedom.

At Roosevelt's Memorial I found two quotes that I liked. They were, "In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice...the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man." The other quote was, "Among american citizens there should be no forgotten men and no forgotten races."

Friday-Smithsonian

Today we went to the Smithsonian and looked through a bunch of different museums. We went into the National Gallery of Art, American History, and the Natural History Museum, which had a wooden 7 whole flute. It was played by Heinrich Grenser. It was amazing. We also got to look in different exhibits like the ocean exhibit where I saw a giant squid. The squid was 36 feet long.

We also went to Capital Hill.

Thursday-Shanendoah River

Today we went river rafting. The distance was about 7 miles long and it took about 3 hours to raft it. If I wanted to find the speed that we were going I would use the equation S =D / T and then I would plug in S = 7 / 3 and I would end up with S= 2.33. We also went to the Gettysburg battle field and that was pretty exciting.

Wednesday-Philadelphia

Philadelphia was a day with a lot of learning. We visited the National Constitution Center, Liberty bell, Independence Hall, and Congress Hall and explored the Amish farmlands. We learned that Unions broke apart in 1776 and how the Congress digused the issue on power for weeks on end util they came up with the three branches; Judicial, Executive, and Legislative. Also how they allowed power to the people so that there could be learn to grow. We learned that the Liberty bell was wrung when slavery was becoming abolished.

Tuesday-Broadway

Today we went to see Shreck the Musical broadway show. The scenery in the show was amazing and the singing was great. The way that they made the scenery move and the colors was amazing. It really caught my eye the way that it was aranged and the dragon was really cool. The way that they had the effects were pretty funny. The actors were pretty good and my favorite one was the donkey. Overall it was pretty good but it could have been better.

We also went to the statue of liberty and Elise Island. I learned why the statue was green and that was because the Statue of liberty was made of copper and when copper tarnishes it ends up looking green.

Day 2- Sunday at Boston

Today we went to Lexington and Concord, where we walked around seeing monuments, videos, buildings, and various war sites.

Some of my notes from my day included:

• April 19, 1775 was the start of the Battle of Lexington


• A common, is land that everyone could go on to grace cattle


• The Minutemen asked to lay down their weapons, while the British kept some fire


• At the end of the battle, all of the dead bodies were put in to one cemetery


• In 1835, the dug up all the bodies and properly buried them and put each name on the monument


• The British had 700 men, while the Minutemen had 77

While looking at the picture above, some information about this bridge was:

• The Minutemen sent 100 men across the bridge


• The bridge name was, the Old North Bridge
• Although the Minutemen were outnumbered, they were still able to push the British back into Concord

So, even though the numbers were very different in battle, the Minutemen were still able to win this battle

Monday- Boston/Pilgrims and Indians

Today we went to a museum were we learned about the pilgrims and indians. We first watched a small movie and then went to see actors that were dressed as indians and pilgrims. We watched the pilgrims farm and work with the animals. The indians were cooking a fish and there was one that was beading. I asked where she had gotten the beads and she said that they would trade with the english. The indians would give the english colored die and in return would recieve glass beads.

Sunday at Quincy Market

Today we went to Quincy market and got $20.00 to spend on dinner that night and lunch for monday. I spent $7.00 on my soup so I had $13.00 to spend on my lunch for the next day.