Hello! I hope you all had a good Fourth of July! Mine was pretty exceptional, being in our nation’s capital and all. It started
with the Independence Day Parade on Constitution Ave (pretty patriotic sounding, huh?) at 11:45am. Mindi and I went and staked out a spot amongst the HUGE number of tourists. It was definitely one of the largest numbers of people I have ever seen in one place. The weather was really hot and humid (as usual) but the parade was worth it. It was two wonderful hours of balloons, floats and guys dressed up like the Founding Fathers. Then I came home and ate a lunch of hot dogs and potato chips to be as American as possible.
After relaxing for the afternoon, we made a long trek out to the Iwo Jima Memorial (that’s the statue of the group of American soldiers planting the flag in Japan during WWII) in Arlington National Cemetery. It seemed kind of weird to be actually going away from the fireworks, but the National Mall is a total zoo on the Fourth of July and I thought that would be a special place to visit, too.
Despite the nearly constant rain, Mindi, Darren and I went up and met up with another HELP intern named Amber and one of her friends. It ended up being a really touching experience. We sat on a hill at the base of the Iwo Jima Memorial with all those haunting
white headstones behind us as we faced the Washington Monument and the rest of Capitol Hill. The fireworks show was pretty stunning. I tried to get some pictures, but that is hard to do.
After hanging out at Amber’s apartment for awhile (it is adjacent to the Cemetery and a nice place to wait out the crowds getting on the Metro), we made our way back home. I went to bed exhausted and feeling all happy and patriotic.
with the Independence Day Parade on Constitution Ave (pretty patriotic sounding, huh?) at 11:45am. Mindi and I went and staked out a spot amongst the HUGE number of tourists. It was definitely one of the largest numbers of people I have ever seen in one place. The weather was really hot and humid (as usual) but the parade was worth it. It was two wonderful hours of balloons, floats and guys dressed up like the Founding Fathers. Then I came home and ate a lunch of hot dogs and potato chips to be as American as possible. 
After relaxing for the afternoon, we made a long trek out to the Iwo Jima Memorial (that’s the statue of the group of American soldiers planting the flag in Japan during WWII) in Arlington National Cemetery. It seemed kind of weird to be actually going away from the fireworks, but the National Mall is a total zoo on the Fourth of July and I thought that would be a special place to visit, too. 
Despite the nearly constant rain, Mindi, Darren and I went up and met up with another HELP intern named Amber and one of her friends. It ended up being a really touching experience. We sat on a hill at the base of the Iwo Jima Memorial with all those haunting 
white headstones behind us as we faced the Washington Monument and the rest of Capitol Hill. The fireworks show was pretty stunning. I tried to get some pictures, but that is hard to do. 
After hanging out at Amber’s apartment for awhile (it is adjacent to the Cemetery and a nice place to wait out the crowds getting on the Metro), we made our way back home. I went to bed exhausted and feeling all happy and patriotic.
4 comments:
Hey Happy 4th of July to you Molly what a place to spend it too. The memorial of the marines putting up the flag looks very impressive. You take great pictures, but you need to smile more, even though it is very very humid.
What a great place to be on the Fourth of July! We missed you but wished we could be there too!!
Mom
I would like to add that I didn't mean to not be smiling in that picture!
Its okay I think you were thinking "OMG what if Obama does get elected!!"
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