April 1 – 24, 2014

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This was George Washington’s favorite restaurant. The food was good, it was in Williamsburg.

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The statue behind FaithJean is Pocahontas who helped the people from England.

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FaithJean and I are listening to these Indians talk in an old church. This was in Jamestown.

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Behind FaithJean is an imitation of a house that was in Williamsburg.

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Chuck and I are in the stalks for what we have done.

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We are copying Thomas Jefferson at his home in Monticello.

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Behind all of us is Thomas Jefferson’s house. It was different than homes we have today.

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We are respecting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The two soldiers are doing the ceremony where they switch shifts. It was in the Arlington Cemetery.

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Here is another statue of Thomas Jefferson.

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We were reading about what George Washington’s beliefs were. He was a Christian, Hallelujah!

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We are standing in front of the Potomac River. It was a pretty big river, it runs to Washington D.C.

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George Washington did have slaves, but when he died he let some of them free and left the rest for his wife.

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We are in front of our cousin, Olivia, dad’s house in Washington D.C.

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FaithJean and Olivia are at the Thomas Jefferson’s Memorial and behind them is a saying that he said.

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Hope is respecting the World War II Memorial and the stars represent how many people died.

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This memorial is the one who had a dream, Martin Luther King Jr. On  the walls were quotes that he had said.

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Us, kids are respecting those who had fought in the Korean War.

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On the Vietnam Memorial is names of the people who had fought and risked their lives for our freedom.

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We met up with our cousin, Jeff Johnson and his wife. Behind us is a trail that we hiked from his house.

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Here is Mommy and a Rosa Parks statue. She was a great woman who earned a lot of respect.

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We are in front of the capital building in Washington D.C. We were able to see an actual court decision happening.

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We are on the metro link to Washington D.C.!

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Behind us stands the marvelous White House. Unfortunately, we did not see the President, but we did see the plane that he rides in above us.

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The trees that you see are called Cherry Blossom trees. They were in full bloom when we were there.  They were given to us by Japan as a peace offering. The river that is there is called the Potomac.

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We are at the Gettysburg Museum and the battlefield.

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We were able to see the battlefield and and  see the trenches that they hid behind.

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This is Daddy when he was in the hospital, in Gettysburg, making sure everything was okay. We had wrote him notes and Chuck drew him a picture.  God answered prayers during the journey and ultimately healed him.

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We are leaving Gettysburg Hospital because Daddy is okay. We ended up spending Easter there and Daddy was able to join and we held our own egg hunt.

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Here is an Abraham Lincoln statue at Gettysburg.

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This is Mommy and Daddy posing at the beautiful Botanical Gardens in Washington D.C.

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If you have seen the show Cupcake Wars, D.C. cupcakes has been on the show. Unfortunately, the owners were not there; the cupcakes were delicious.

This a video of Hope singing for a church service that we had at our house.

Here is a video of people at Williamsburg reenacting a scene where they were talking about freedom.

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