Washington, D.C.

I can honesty say that traveling to Washington, D.C. with A.P. US History was one of the best trips I have ever been on. Not only did I learn a ton about United States history in general, but I also became inspired by the art and history of our nation.


I was going to upload pictures of the trip onto this blog, but my phone and computer are being un-compromisable, so I'll just use my keen story telling skills instead.


Going to Washington was like stepping into a time warp. Often you could be standing somewhere and one side there would be a ivory colored, roman-inspired, building or monument that existed hundreds of years ago, a building that our founding fathers entered or a monument that has been built in admiration of them. On the other side of you there were modern day skyscrapers made of black glass, black metal, and accompanied with roof top gardens. They were completely reflective, almost as though the office buildings themselves were admiring their elder counterparts.


You cannot describe how it feels to stand in front of history.


It was indescribable, the way I felt when I first saw the Lincoln memorial. Being in there on the steep steps to the monument, feeling the history of Abraham Lincoln, there are not words for that feeling. Turning around and looking towards the Washington Monument and seeing its reflection in the lake, there are not words for that either. You can see them everyday in books, magazines, or on TV, but there is nothing like seeing them with your own two eyes, feeling them with your hands, and experiencing them with your heart.


History is incredibly powerful. Experiencing history is indescribable. Being part of history is unforgettable.