Saint Brigid/Our Lady of Hope School Goes to Washington DC
In October 2006 the students in 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade, their teachers, parent chaperones and Father Ralph toured Washington DC on an educational and spiritual trip. Here are some photos...		    
             
                                     

We started our jouney at the new Air & Space Museum (near Dulles Airport)

Here is the website of the museum.

          
                                                                                                                         
                         
                                                       

We ate dinner the first night at the Columbia Marina.
It was a BBQ dinner.
We played football, volleyball, frisbee.

        
                   
                               
           
Next morning it was breakfast at the hotel.
  
                               
   
We stopped off to see the president but he was busy running the nation.

Then we went to the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.

                            
                             
                                                                                                                   
                       
Father Ralph celebrated Mass with everyone
                          
                         

 

We also visited the altar of Our Lady of Hope.

                       We visited the altar with the mosaic of St Brigid in the basilica.                          
                                           
                                                               
      Visit the Shrine Online                                      
One of the tour guides in the basilica showed us Our Lady of Africa Chapel.    
     
 
We all stopped for a photo on the steps of the basilica.  

Then we went to the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center where there were interactive, hands-on displays.

Visit online.
 
               
                 
                The mighty Chaperones!                        
             
Some artwork at the JPII Cultural Center  
   
             
  Football game on the National Mall.      
             
                                                       
    The World War II Memorial                            
In the evening we visited a number of monuments. Here we are at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorial.
Go to FDR website.
                                               
   

Go to Lincoln Memorial

Go to Vietnam Veteran's Memorial

Go to Korean War Memorial

                
                                               
 
   
Some of us take our turn on the "breadline" at the FDR memorial...  
       
   

...though we didn't need to because we ate dinner at the Terrace Restaurant at the top of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts where we also saw a concert.

Visit the Kennedy Center Online

Panoramic view

 
A view at sunset from the terrace.        
       
         
This huge bust of President Kennedy was sculpted by Long Island Artist Robert Berks.
                                               
                                               
    The Capitol Building, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial                                        
 

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

We walked through an exhibit called "Daniel's Story".

See thet Video of the exhibit

Look at photos from the exhibit.
                                                                                                         
                                       
 

We visited Arlington National Cemetery.

Here is the grave of President Kennedy, his wife and two of their children.
                           
We arrived in time for the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
             
                               
 
   

We passed hundreds and hundreds of graves of soldiers killed in wars. It was very sad.

Visit the Arlington Website
   

Our last stop was the Iwo Jima Memorial.