The White House/Ford Theater

Ford Theater (The box where Lincoln was assasinated)

Today was my day off which is always nice, but it was especially nice because Grandma and Lukas were here too. So we started off the day with a 9 am tour at the White House, which meant I got up around 6am - not the funnest part of my day off but it was worth it!

The White House tour was actually a lot better than I thought it would be. It was a self-guided tour which meant you could take your time walking through it, and we were able to see most of the East Wing which is where a lot of the entertaining rooms are. It has the big state dinner dining room, and also some sitting rooms, and a few other rooms. It was pretty neat, and it is also just cool to say you've been into the White House.

The only bummer of the tour was that we were not allowed to take pictures so I uploaded some photos of the things I saw even though I did not take them since I was without a camera all day!

After that we met a cousin of Grandma's and her 1 year old daughter and went up the old post office tower where you can see all of DC, it is pretty much as good as going up the Washington Monument but without the long lines! I really wish I had a camera for that one because you can see everything and I could have taken some really great pictures!

After that we went out to lunch to an amazing restaurant and I had the best Arnold Palmer I have ever had! I also had this amazing tuscan chicken pasta too!

Then we went to the Ford Theater which was AMAZING! I had tried to go 8 years ago when I was here but the lines were too long, and so I was so happy to finally get to go! They had just re-done the museum and it was really nice and I learned a lot more about Lincoln's Presidency. And then we went into the theater where a representative from the National Park Service was giving a presentation and basically talked us through what happened on the day Lincoln was assasinated. And then afterwards I went and was able to see the box where Lincoln was assasinated! Obviously it was horrible to think that a president was assasinated there, but it was also really cool to see that it was left exactly the same as that day. Also when you exit the museum you can see the house where they took Lincoln after he was shot and where he ended up dying.

There is just so much history in this city and the best part is how much of it was left for us to see 150 years or more later, and how well intact it all still is!