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| Entering the newest building that honors Veterans! |
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| Fascinating paintings! |
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| Our guide tells the students the stories behind the paintings! |
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| Sculpture in the center of foyer. |
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| My favorite painting there! The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. |
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| The frieze around the top depicted the history of our Veterans. |
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| Dog tags lined one room of the tribute to Veterans. |
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| Students went to a replica of the Liberty Bell. |
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| Here they are in front of Mount Vernon! Or, are they??? |
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| Another group shot, this time in front of the Liberty Bell replica! |
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| We were missing a few in the first shot! |
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| They just can't be still!!! |
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| Inside the Mount Vernon replica. We are learning the history of Mount Vernon from George Washington's granddaughter! |
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| We also learned about the entertainment of the 1700's! |
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| Like dancing! They learned a traditional dance of the 1760's! |
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| Doesn't Levi look excited?? |
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| A bronze statue of George Washington. |
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| We had to deliver a secret message to Paul Revere's wife! |
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| Storm presiding over the meeting! |
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| We will decide our country's fate at this meeting! |
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| Learning about muskets of the 1700's! |
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| They look complicated! |
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| And they are really loud when fired!! |
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| What type of government should our new country have? |
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| How do we decide what is fair? |
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| Shall we pick representatives? |
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| Who will represent us?? |
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| This looks like a lot of people! |
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| We shall create a Senate and a House of Representatives!! |
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