A Very Full Day (Monday)

Next on our agenda was a stop at the White House.

After the national archives we toured the Air/Space Museum. We saw displays of the history of flight from the Wright Brothers to space travel.

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After that we were off to the National Museum of American History. There is a wide variety of Americana from Jerry Seinfeld's "puffy shirt" to the original flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star Spangled Banner" during the war of 1812.

After a short night's sleep, we were up and on the bus at 8:30. We began our day at the National Archives. In this building we saw the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta. Because we were early, our wait was very short. Once inside the rotunda, we noticed that the lighting was dim. This was done to protect the documents from further deterioration.