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40 States in 40 Days: Rediscovering America: July 2009
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Monday, July 27, 2009. Thank you for reading. I hope you found something here that opened your eyes or piqued your interest. Best wishes,. Sunday, July 26, 2009. Saturday, July 25, 2009. Washington D.C.- part of Day 2 and Day 3. Let’s make up our minds. Washington D.C.- Day 1 and part of Day 2. As the ambassador for D.C., I had begun to wonder what I had gotten myself into- taking responsibility for what is advertised as the center of American government and history. On top of that, I wanted ...At lunch,...
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Explore. Dream. Discover.: Color Coordination
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Explore. Dream. Discover. Thursday, July 23, 2009. Walking towards the National Mall in D.C., I found myself eavesdropping on a conversation taking place next to me. A man and his assistant were walking towards Folders Shakespearean library, and with smug posturing he was sharing the trials of leasing a home, now that he had moved back to the States. Didn’t he realize how fortunate he is? I’ll read your books so they don’t go to waste! Dad July 24, 2009 at 4:44 PM. I salute your insight! 40 States in 40 ...
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40 States in 40 Days: Rediscovering America: I'm Coming Home, Via Chicago
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009. I'm Coming Home, Via Chicago. July 8, 2009 at 9:11 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Visit the other 40 States student's blogs. Washington D.C.- part of Day 2 and Day 3. Washington D.C.- Day 1 and part of Day 2. New York, New York. Boston- Day 2 and 3. Look Out, Cleveland. Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head. Im Coming Home, Via Chicago. The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." - St. Augustine. View my complete profile.
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40 States in 40 Days: Rediscovering America: Washington D.C.- part of Day 2 and Day 3
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Saturday, July 25, 2009. Washington D.C.- part of Day 2 and Day 3. It’s impressive, but I’m not sure I really get it. Then we walked down to the WWII memorial, which is absolutely beautiful at night. I loved this memorial- I thought it did a beautiful job of commemorating our role in the war and the soldiers that our country lost. We started the trek towards the Lincoln Memorial. Let’s make up our minds. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Visit the other 40 States student's blogs. New York, New York.
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40 States in 40 Days: Rediscovering America: Pine Ridge Reservation
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Friday, July 3, 2009. Money talks, even after death. Viewing this devastating poverty in light of the extravagance of the Crazy Horse Memorial turns my stomach a little. Think of all the money that is being spent to blow up a mountain to carve the world’s largest statue, when the descendants of Crazy Horse himself are living in such conditions, when his very culture is slowly dying out. Per capita income- $6,143. Children living in poverty- 69%. Infant mortality- 2.6 times higher than national average.
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40 States in 40 Days: Rediscovering America: June 2009
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Memorial. And bringing this back to the larger theme of the trip, how do monuments like these speak to what it means to be an American, maybe specifically, who are our heroes? What does one have to do in order to have your face carved into a mountain? Andi made a great point in the car on the way to Mt. Rushmore- why is it that we commemorate only the presidents (and a select few at that) on things like mountains and even our money? Day 17 and 18.
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40 States in 40 Days: Rediscovering America: New York, New York
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Saturday, July 25, 2009. New York, New York. 8220;I want to wake up in a city that doesn’t sleep…”- which is exactly what we did, or rather, we woke up in New Jersey, a bus ride away from the city that never sleeps. Our three days were action-packed, so I’ll have to pick out just a couple of highlights. We ate dinner at a Jewish deli and headed back towards our bus, taking a quick detour to Times Square. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Visit the other 40 States student's blogs. New York, New York.
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40 States in 40 Days: Rediscovering America: Boston- Day 1
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Day 25 of the trip). Once we made it to the city, we began our walk on the Freedom Trail, which takes you through the heart of the city to historically significant stops like the old city hall, old churches and plenty of graveyards. I enjoyed this quite a bit- you really can feel the history behind Boston and I thought the Freedom Trail did a good job of explaining that history behind each stop. Some of the more memorable phrases from his various artworks:. New York, New York.
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40 States in 40 Days: Rediscovering America: Our Philadelphia Story
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Saturday, July 25, 2009. Seeing the Liberty Bell made me think of what the word liberty means. Liberty is defined as “autonomy; immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority; political independence.” One of the phrases from the preamble to our Constitution is to “secure the blessings of liberty…”. That is one of the tasks adopted by “we the people” in writing the Constitution. What exactly does this mean? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Visit the other 40 States student's blogs. New York, New York.
