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Our Visit to the Ford’s Theater We were fortunate enough to visit Ford’s Theater where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. The refurbished and still used theater lets visitors explore the auditorium and stand next to the Lincoln box. It was there on the...
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Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian No trip to Washington, D.C. is complete without visiting at least one of the 19 Smithsonian Museums. We chose The National Museum of the American Indian to tour. The building itself is made to look like the cliff...
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After our visit to the Library of Congress, we crossed the street to see our nation’s capitol. We entered through the visitor’s center where we were given headsets. Our tour began with a 13- minute film “Out of Many, One,” which took us on a journey through our...
April Newsletter 2013
Dear Church Family, I hope this letter finds you blessed and in health. Somehow, I don’t think the person that coined the phrase “April showers bring May flowers” lived in West Texas. In spite of the lack of showers, little green buds are starting to appear on the...
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The Library of Congress was the first stop on day two of our Washington, D.C. trip. The Main Building was renamed the Jefferson Building after President Thomas Jefferson. It is just one of three mammoth buildings that house the Library of Congress. I led the students...
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It was still our first day in Washington, D.C., with the Lubbock Junior Academy students still walking around the National Mall. The cool breezes and billowing clouds foretold of a spring rain storm but we needed to keep going so we could see the Vietnam Memorial. The...
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After seeing the World War II Memorial, the Lubbock Junior Academy students began the long walk towards the Lincoln Memorial. On the south side of the Reflective Pool they stopped at the Korean War Memorial. It is in the form of a triangle intersecting a circle. On...
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that you have heard about our plane trip to Washington, D.C. and our Metro (subway) ride to the National Mall. Next, we visited the Washington Monument, we were not able to take the elevator up to the top due to the earthquake damage in August of 2011. We walked on...
March Newsletter 2013
Dear Church Family, I hope this letter finds you blessed and in health. As most know, Passover and Easter are very close to each other on the calendar, sometimes even falling on the same weekend. Most Christians think of Easter as a memorial of what Christ did for us...
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May 9. 2012: The morning started by meeting at the Lubbock Airport. Our students heading to D.C. didn’t need a picture I.D. and one student wasn’t asked to take off his shoes. This is how we began our exciting trip to Washington, D.C. We flew on American Airlines to...
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