Day 5: Arlington National Cemetery and Action Plans

     Hey everyone! We are having a blast in DC! Of course we can't wait to come home, but today was fun! We started out at Arlington National Cemetery.  At Arlington National Cemetery we took a tour which included seeing the changing of the guard, and the Mast of the USS Maine.

Arlington National Cemetery.

4-Hers watched the changing of the guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

Eternal flame at JFK gravesite.

      From there we went on to see the new Martin Luther King, Jr. monument, where we saw all of his quotes from all of his speeches that he gave, including one that they made a statue of, "Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope."

Martin Luther King, Jr. Monument.

     The Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial was not dedicated to Franklin D. Roosevelt because he stated in his will that he did not want any memorials dedicated to him. So this memorial is dedicated to his presidency, including waterfalls to symbolize his four terms of office and the difficulties the nation was going through at the time. One section also featured Fala, his loyal dog which kept the hopes of children high for when the nation would come out of the war.

FDR Memorial, which depicts Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his loyal dog, Fala.

4-Hers stood in the bread line at the FDR Memorial.

4-Hers at FDR Memorial.

     After we got back to the 4-H Center, we participated in a Town Hall, where we got into groups and discussed problems in our communities, and compared them to other group communities. After Town Hall we participated in a derby.  It's not what you think, and no we did not see cars crashing into each other, we participated in games like, water balloon volleyball, and drip drip drop.

Tug-of-War at Derby Fun Night.

Balloon Volleyball at Derby Fun Night.

4-Hers participated in a water game at Derby Fun Night.

     After the Derby we started our Action Plans as a delegation, which is taking what we've learned this week and placing it into our own communities. Afterwords we had Capitol Hill Day Orientation, to get us ready for Capitol Hill Day tomorrow!

Delegates participated in an Action Plan workshop.

Mallory and Niki