It was my first time being in the nation's capital. So I was really excited. I woke up really early and went

downstairs for breakfast.

Later, I got on the bus, and sat in the back. It was the only time I didn't sleep on the bus, because I was

really excited to see the U.S. capital. When the bus entered the city, I can see Monument standing in the

middle of the city. Also, I can see lots of helicopters flying in the sky around the Capital.

Our first stop is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial. Even though it was a photo stop but, as an

immigrant, I really do appreciate what he had done to us. Without him, who knows when racial

segregation will stop? He is a hero, to the whole world and its people.

Our next stop is FDR memorial. FDR is my second favorite president besides Kennedy. His New Deal

saved the world, especially the immigrants and other Americans. He affected my family's life, and gave

me the opportunities to be here.

Later, it was my favorite part, the U.S. Capital. The security was scary though, I was imaging that if I got

something on me and they arrested me that will be embarrassing. But we got into the capital. The first

thing we did was eating lunch. I was so excited to eat in the capital, what happened if the

Representatives or Senators saw me and wanted me to do things for them, that will be so cool! But…

sadly nothing like that happened… Later we went into a small theatre, where we watched a short video

about the U.S. capital and history behinds it. Later, we went to the dome of the Capital. Even though it

was under construction, but I can still see George Washington on the celling in the middle of the dome.

Comparing to the state capital of Oklahoma, the dome is way bigger and more crowded. Well, it was the

U.S. capital. Then the director told us the meanings behind the paintings on the wall in the room. Every

one of the picture represented a time period of U.S. history, said our director, and each of them

represents how freedom changes overtime. After the main room, we entered another room where

George Washington was supposed to be buried, but being buried at his house was his wish, so people

had argued with the government to not move George Washington's grave from his mansion to the

Capital. The star in the middle of the room is the center of Washington D.C. and, of course, and the

center of freedom, too. Then we went to the room of statues, statues that represent each state are

located in that room. Quickly, I spotted Sequoya with Oklahoma on the bottom of the statue. Even

though it was really crowded, but I still saw her standing with other statues.

After the Statue of liberty, we went to Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. It was really fun to see

how aircrafts develop overtime. And then it was dinner time.

After dinner, we went to White House for a really fast photo stop, it was the first time to see the White

House, and it looked nice from the outside. That was my first reaction, I want to live a mansion like that

in the future, but that's unlikely.

And we went to mostly all the memorials. There were a lot people there though, but all of them were

really clean. Memorials are the best ways to remember history today for most of people. I consider

myself lucky to be here to visit all the memorials and remember what happened in the past.