This morning the girls headed out to Arlington National Cemetery. Never in my life did I expect it to be as big as it is. Kalleigh, Ali, and myself were able to experience the changing of the guards which was really really cool. That whole entire experience could possibly be one of my favorites. It's so sad and overwhelming, the amount of soldiers that have died for us, and that's not even all of them! I hate how, so often, these soldiers go unrecognized. Americans can be so selfish and are generally undeserving of these soldier's lives.
Anyways, I hope that everyone gets to visit the cemetery at some point in their life.
Here's their website: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/
After that, we fought our way through the rain to the Lincoln Memorial and also the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Both of these were places I've always wanted to go, since the day I learned about them! I'm so glad that I was finally able to go and absorb both monuments.
After that, my friends and I caught a taxi and took it to the nearest Metro station. I had to buy a new pass because mine disappeared. Lucky me.
We then went to the conference and explored a while. We also conversed with young, fellow conservatives. Ali charged her cell phone for free at that cingular booth! Ummm, lets see, we tried to go and see Ron Paul, but the line was ridiculously long so we watched some of it on a TV screen in the exhibit hall before we decided to leave and go back to the hotel to work on homework and relax. Ali's asleep at the moment, I wish I was.
Well, enough of such silliness.
Betsy Whiteman
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