Today we went to many historical places and memorials.  Our first stop was the Korean War memorial where there were nineteen soldiers on a little field in the shape of a triangle.  Each soldier had a different face.  Originally there was supposed to be 38 soldiers but the makers of it ran out of money so they put a reflective wall so it can look like there are 38 soldiers.  Beside the memorial thee was a wall that said, "Freedom is not free."  

Nearby there was the Lincoln Memorial where there was a large statue of Abe Lincoln sitting in a chair.  Above his head were the words, "In this temple as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union and the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever."  Right across we can see the Washington Monument where many people took pictures of it.  Also outside there was a large sprinkler and many people ran through it to cool off.

Within the Vietnam Memorial there was a statue of three men facing the names of all the fallen people. There were many names upon two walls that met at a corner.  There were lists that people could check for locations of family upon the monument or to see if any people with their last name died in Vietnam.  No one with my last name died but six or so died who had my mother's maiden name.  One of the girls in the group found a soldier whose name was Brian F. Wallace who was her grandfather's best friend and he saved his fellow troops by throwing himself on a grenade that was thrown into a foxhole.  

- Aurora