Day Five - June 5 - More sightseeing in DC and Performance at Sasha Bruce Youthwork
- Tuesday morning up and at 'em in the hotel. Found out that the Mulenholz's had an interesting night in their room - little creepies in their bed - and had to be moved during the night. Otherwise, the hotel was pretty nice.
- We headed for Arlington Cemetery first since we did not get to go there on Sunday. We didn't get to spend too long at the cemetery, so we just hit the hot spots including the Tomb of the Unknowns and Kennedy's grave area. Many of us got to see the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns. We also got to see a Wreath Laying ceremony where they play Taps. It is very moving.
- After the Cemetery, we went into DC and had lunch at the Old Post Office building.
- Then we walked over to the Nation Museum of Natural History where we some some cool dinosaurs and the Hope Diamond.
- After the museum, we headed over to the Sasha Bruce house. We had the wrong address and ended up at their administrative offices. No biggie - easy to get to the right location some number of blocks away. When we first arrived at the house, we realized that the rec room was just too small for us to effectively do our musical. They had a small concrete pad for basketball in their little courtyard. So we decided to move the performance outside.
- We only had about 10 people for the performance, but is was the best one yet. The kids did a great job making adjustments quickly to the outdoor environment.
- After the performance, Mr. Johnson, the Director of the House, and a couple of the youth from the house got up and spoke to us about the mission of Sasha Bruce Youthwork and how it has worked in their lives. They were very sincere when they said that they enjoyed our performance and were touched by it.
- We packed up the bus and headed for Williamsburg. We figured it would take us awhile to get out of the city, even at 7pm. But traffic moved very well. We had dinner at a mall in Fredericksburg and then got to our hotel about 10:30.
- Tomorrow is fun day at Busch Gardens.
CK
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Sightseeing at Arlington Cemetery
Performance at Sasha Bruce Youthwork
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