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It was a couple of sunny spring days in Washington DC. All of the cherry blossoms were glaring in the sun. When I traveled to Washington DC over last spring break it was a good time. I traveled to Virginia with my family, grandparents, and cousin. We stayed in one of our relative’s home in Virginia who was on vacation in Florida. We were amazed by all of the historic monuments across the whole city and along the Potomac River, as well as the history behind each monument and building. The most impactful spots in the city were the Lincoln Memorial with the waterway in the front, the Monuments representing historic people, and the Arlington National Cemetery. One of the most memorable spots in DC was the Lincoln Memorial and straight across …show more content…

Washington DC is so big and has so many tourist attractions that we could not see all of them. There are definitely more monuments than anything else in the city. There is almost one on every street. The monuments we visited were the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Korea, Vietnam and WWII memorials, and White House. As I am walking through the city with my family I am amazed on how big these monuments are. They were built to honor these famous presidents, and historic people. They must have been very important to have these big, expensive monuments built for them. And they were. Because of them our country has enough money to build these to honor them. An interesting story from the trip is that while we were in the city the White House and Capitol Building was on lockdown. A person with a gun went into a building and the security detected it and arrested him. It was just across the from the Capitol building. I was within 100 feet of the exact place it happened the day before. This shows how protective the capitol is of threats because of all of the important people and politics there. When I went to see the white house I could barely see it because the security threats were high because of all of terrorism in the world right now. We were about 100 yards back behind a large gate. As well as a bunch of security guards. It was a lot bigger than I thought and had a large yard with many

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