McCoy Family Vacation
By
Xavier McCoy
This spring, we went on a vacation to
Washington D.C. The first place we went
was the Holocaust Museum. While we were
there we went to Daniel’s Story. He told
us what happened before they were put into the concentration camp. While they were at the camp, he told us when
he started work as a child. He would dig
ditches, cut trees, and still not get paid.
After we were done at the exhibits we went
to the gift shop where we got to see a survivor from a concentration camp. His name was Jack Ratz, and he even signed
one of Mom’s books and we got a picture with him. After we were done at the Holocaust Museum we tried to find the Capitol
Building. We were so lost and everyone
was hungry! So we stopped at the Ronald
Reagan Building. They had a nice food
court that we ate at. After we ate, we
rode the Metro to the Capitol building.
We went through security, into the visitor’s center and watched a
film. After that, we toured the Capitol.
We even saw where George Washington was supposed to be buried.
The third place we went was the
Archives. We had to go through a line of
security. Before we saw the Documents we
read the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta
was written in old English that I couldn’t understand. We read the Magna Carta; then we saw the Declaration
of Independence, Bill of Rights, and the Constitution. We even saw copies of them. We read the documents and explored the rest
of the Archives. We saw World War II commercials
and watched a show. After a few minutes
we went to the gift shop, and I bought a copy of the Declaration of
Independence for $15.00.
On the 2nd day of our trip, we
went to three Smithsonian Museums.
Natural History is the one that talks about evolution, and most of the
fossils were false. On the 2nd
floor we saw emeralds, rubies, diamonds, and even saw the Hope Diamond. The next place was American History. It told us how life was back during early
American History. They even showed the
real flag from Battle of Fort McHenry.
We even saw what houses looked like handmade wood furniture! The next place we went was the Air and
Space Museum. We first went to the Kid Lab.
We did a lot of things there. I even did an experiment. While we were
there, we got to see the Kittyhawk. The
Kittyhawk was the Wright brother’s first plane that ever flew.
When we were done we went to the Lincoln Memorial.
While we there we read the Lincolns Gettysburg Address. I even got a picture
with his statue. We got a few more pictures.
After we toured D.C., we went to Greenville
SC for a homeschool convention. We also had some friends there. Their names are
MR. and MRS. Ooten, Maddie, Taylor, and Claire. While we were there we played
the Wii. After a few hours we went to the convention. We ate at Krispy Kremes.
My favorite thing was Frankie’s fun Park because I played Laser Tag and rode go
karts.
It took us two days to get home. We stopped
at PA. It
felt so good to be
home because there’s no place like home.
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