Pieces of History

January 20, 2009

The Original Lincoln Memorial

Yesterday was very busy. When you walked down the street you could scarcely see the group you are with. As I walked past dissimilar people I could feel their enthusiasm. For instance, the major talk around the city was Obama. There were many tourists from all over and I did hear some African accents.

That evening we went on a rather amazing historic adventure, ChocolateCity Tour. On that tour we learned about the history that the whites tried to hide from everyone. We learned that Healy which was the president at Georgetown was a black passing as a white man. We also saw the original Lincoln Memorial. It was funded by blacks who gave the money to white carpenters so that they could sculpt it. When the statue was finally revealed it showed Lincoln about to whip a slave. Lastly we went to a slave dungeon where actual slaves were held. Some of them died down there which made everyone a little scared.

Today we woke up at 3 o-clock in the morning to see the inauguration. There were about 1.8 million people there to see Obama. We had to stand in line for about two hours and we finally got inside of the gate. Everyone was screaming Obama!! and you could feel the positive energy. People were cheering and clapping almost throughout the whole time. After he got sworn in, he gave a speech. It talked about how all deserve a chance to pursue their real measure of happiness. Obama said that he wants us to look at who we are and how far we have come. For America the real question is not if your government is too big or small but if it works. I enjoyed his speech and can’t wait to go on tomorrow’s tours.

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Elexis, this is so nice to read. Your experience in Washington was very historical. I am proud of you. My mom is also proud. You are a excellent writer and I admire you. I thank your mom for letting my mom know about the after school writing club we share with Mr. Rucker. I am inspired to write better, Congratulation.

Darian-Alexus Moore 3:21AM 01/24/09

Elexis, Class of 2014

Hi, my name is Elexis from the class of 2014. I am a junior (seventh grader) at KIPP Academy of Opportunity middle school in South LA. I am one of the hard working students who has been selected to go to the presidential Inauguration and tour Washington, DC, as a result of my writing a stellar essay! I will be blogging about my leadership development in Washington, DC, each night between January 16th and January 22nd. Feel free to subscribe and get my daily postings! "Be nice. Work hard."

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