Quick trip out

Today we made it a short day and were back around 3PM. This is because we are all trying to get to sleep at 8PM as we have to be up at 1:30AM Sunday and off to a dress rehearsal for the Inauguration starting at 2:30AM!! Yikes!

 So, we went to Ford's Theater this morning and after that the National Archives. Ford's Theater was interesting as I had never been inside before. The box is still there and it is very eery being that close to where a horrible moment in history occurred.

The smaller house in the middle is where Lincoln died.

 Across from the Theater was a giant souvenir shop, so we stopped in and did some shopping.

 The National Archives were amazing. No, I did not steal the Declaration of Independence, but I did see it and the Constitution and Bill of Rights. They were spectacular and it was a prideful moment being in the room that houses the framework for our entire government, country and society. Also, to be in that room while preparing to exercise one of the founder's ideas of a "peaceful transfer of power" was a very proud feeling.

 In the gift shop of the Archives you could do some genealogy (slight). So, in that spirit, you could decorate your own family's history book. Here's my stab at it:

 I should have even more details about our roles and responsibilities tomorrow.