It was our first day to meet the new tour director Sasa. She is going to be our tour director for the rest of the trip. After eating breakfast, we started introducing ourselves to Sasa. She looks like a great tour director and leader for me, the one who listens what other people's ideas and thoughts.

Anyway, our first stop for the day was Arlington Cemetery. Where the soldiers who sacrificed or died for the country were buried in this Cemetery. It was probably the biggest Cemetery I have ever seen so far. All the headstones were lined up straight like an arrow, and everything looked well protected and organized. Later, we watched a really serious ceremony of guards switching. It was really intense and scary when there were lots people but no one talked. No one was laughing, but really serious. That's the basic respect for the guards and the soldiers in buried in the cemetery. After watching the ceremony, we went to the highest point of the cemetery, where you can see the whole Washington D.C. Later, we went to see my favorite president's grave, John F. Kennedy's grave. When I saw the grave, there was fire in the middle between his grave and her wife Jacqueline Kennedy's grave. The external flame symbolizes the continuity of life, love, and passion, which is affecting the world today.

After seeing Arlington Cemetery, our next big stop is George Washington's Mansion. I was so excited for this one. Where George Washington, the country's greatest general who fought for natural rights and freedom, used to live. This mansion probably tells the most history about George Washington and how he was so successful. After a few minutes of walking, we saw the giant mansion with huge yards in front of us. That's George Washington's house. Where the greatest general used to live. There were small beautiful gardens and storage, everything gave the mansion more mysterious look and a peaceful environment. We walked around the mansion, and it was time to get inside. We entered the mansion though the living room. It was… I don't know… kinda disappointed for a second. There weren't any fancy stuff inside the mansion but normal things that everyone has. But at the same time, what does it mean? Does is mean that everyone is created more equally that way? Or George Washington is just a normal person? Well I think the mansion included the meaning of all of them. It was just a normal mansion owned by normal people.

Later, we saw George Washington's Grave. It was taken out from an old grave and relocated. But he is still buried at where he wanted to be. There is no place like home, for George Washington himself, home, might the best place.

We also talked to the people at the mansion who volunteered to take care the gardens. They told us everything about the garden, the slaves, and how they affected American culture.

Because it was really hot outside, I was really tired. But I got to see George Washington's mansion and his grave. The man who impacted and changed both history and future, and today, we can still feel his passion, in his mansion, and everywhere else in United States.