We got up early today and went to Arlington National Cemetary. We saw the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It was really cool. It's amazing to see how many people are buried at Arlington--and how nicely the grounds are kept. We saw where the Kennedy family is buried and the memorials to the astronauts who died in the Columbia and Challenger incidents. Scott & Ian took a long walk and saw the Iwo Jima Memorial, too.


From Arlington, we went to the American Indian Museum. Scott especially wanted the boys to see some of their Indian heritage. The architecture of the museum was really cool. The cafeteria there even had labeled gluten-free items! The coolest part, though, had to be that we actually found what we think were direct links to Scott's family. The dolls pictured here were made by a woman with the last name of Printup (Scott's mom's maiden name)--and there was an audio presentation by another woman with the last name of Printup. How cool is that? The Seneca tribe didn't have an actual display, yet, but we were assured that it was only a matter of time.

The Air and Space Museum was our next stop. It was pretty crowded that afternoon, so we didn't stay very long, as we knew that we would be back later in the week for the Postal Forum Gala.



Scott and Ian took the Metro to the National Postal Museum. They said it was pretty cool. Scott got a really neat souvenir there--an antique post office box with a two-dial combination lock. Very cool!

Labels: American Indian, Arlington, Printup, Seneca, Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Washington DC