Washington Dc Essay

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Name: Shaneice Campbell Date: 5/12/14 Homeroom: Orange Washington D.C. Term Paper Washington D.C. overall was the best school trip I have ever been on. The city surprised me because I expected it to be super fancy and have fancy houses, but it looked just like New York and Downtown Hartford when we first arrived. When I was touring D.C., I liked looking at buildings and how professional people looked. At some points, I though their were too much people for me and I never really liked too much people at one place but I actually liked the people because they were very nice and alot of people took selfies with me. I also noticed that alot of people sell stuff on sidewalks and when I saw that, I laughed a little because usually…show more content…
I think the eternal flame was a nice touch to John F. Kennedy's grave and they seperated the Kennedy's grave. I was observing the graves and I noticed that they each have numbers on the grave and that they were running out of space for the graves. When we got to the changing of the guards ceremony, the guards were scaring me a little because they were like a robot and they were so perfect. They did everything on 21 seconds and never did anything wrong. Their voice sounds so professional. I was wondering why they had to shave there hair and dress in long clothing in scorching heat. I learned that being a guard is so important and hard to do. Not everyone can join. You have to meet the standards of height, weight,etc and you have to be commited. I never saw them so perfect. They had their shoes shined and there pants pressed, no crease or nothing My third favorite place was Mount Vernon. I liked this place very much because it was very fancy and elegant. I never been in a house so beautiful. I always hated the color green and despised all green colors but I changed my mind when I saw George Washington's house. When I was in exploring his house, i saw he has weird but big beds and i was shocked because my bed is not even that big. I expected smaller beds. I learned how they had to live daily like when they had to use the bathroom outside in a

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