So every year on the day that the rest of the school is taking the PSAT, our seniors always take their senior class trip to either Washington, DC, or Richmond. This year we had a really successful trip to the Virginia Holocaust Museum and our state capitol building in Richmond and heard some really amazing men and women talk about their roles in the office of the Attorney General.
I didn't take any photographs at the Holocaust Museum for obvious reasons but I did have one of the best docents like ever. I mean, this guy had a masters and a phd from Vanderbilt in German history and testified about concentration camps as an expert witness in 21 trials of Nazi war criminals, 19 of which resulted in convictions. Wow. Oh and I almost fainted after seeing some of the photos in the museum. The tragedies of the Holocaust are hard enough to hear about, but seeing children used in chemical experiments and full grown men in that state of neglect and malnutrition would deeply affect any individual. Our museum in Virginia is privately owned and if any of you ever find yourself in Richmond and have a couple free hours, I highly recommend it!
Next was on to the state capitol! It was pouring down rain and that was the best photo I could get, through the fence from downhill. Don't laugh.
I'd been to the capitol before but I still love it all the same! Thomas Jefferson really did us proud with this architecture, and seeing the statues of every president who has come from Virginia just makes me want to start chanting "USA, USA, USA" while violently waving an american flag. Wait, did I really just say that? Our trip was capped off with a great talk in the house of delegates by the mom of one of our students (which included random tour crashers asking bad questions and storming out when they didnt get the answer they wanted) and really opened my eyes as to how interested I am in law and how I want to study it further. They were also kind enough to send us home with packets and wristbands about staying strong and not joining a gang (they said they had "goodies" for us and we all were expecting food. Needless to say we were highly disappointed.)
I hope you all had as exciting a Tuesday as I did!
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