Today we ran around Washington DC. We went to the Library of Congress. It's a really cool building, with a lot of incredible stuff in it. Thomas Jeffersons book collection is just amazing. He was a well-rounded reader or book collector, or something. We then went to the Washington Monument, which Annika had always felt bad that she didn't get to do the last time she was in DC. The view was great, although DC was HOT. We went to the American history museum of the Smithsonian, while the older kids went to the Holocaust museum. They saw information on the Nazi propoganda machine. It seems incredible that the people could be convinced to do the things that they did.
We went up the Old Post Office, into the tower. The view is almost as good as the Washington monument, but it is a lot easier to get into. We saw a good presentation at the Ford Theater, where president Lincoln was shot. It was very interesting. There's lots better presidential security now days. We saw a big motorcade buzz by. Maybe it was the Russian president, maybe someone else. Definitely tighter security than Lincoln had at Fords theater. What a tragic end to a the work of a great man.
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