March On Washington

The March On Washington: By Mike Reed
Dateline Washington DC Sunday the 22nd
Temps in the mid 80s… Hey.. Whats going on here? Should be 69 degrees. Ed leaves today for home so we said our goodbys last night. Thanks Ed! Eric and Pop take the 0830 Spirit of Mount Vernon for a 6.5 hour cruise and tour of GW’s home. The cab ride to the wharf is $12.50. Calling cabbie on my cell to return with Erics cell twenty minutes later “Priceless”. But we make the sailing. The boat is filled with middle school kids from NC. The ship holds 700. I weep for the future!
We tour the grounds mostly. But spent quality time in the new museum. They have done full tableaus with GW at 19, 40, 60. His likeness is the most accurate yet with extensive research done. The History Channel had a special on this one. We were treated to real snow falling at Valley Forge and cannon smoke and explosions in a state of the art multi-media theatre. Hope they do this at Gettysburg! We see a baby sleep thru it! We also witness a DAR childrens wreath laying ceremony at GW and Martha’s tomb. New Jersey Chapter. About 200 paticipants dressed up with medals and ribbons, gloves and hats. Shades of Ascot. We leave at 130 with a stress free sail back to the Capitol. Nice views.. The kids have left by bus. Now the March begins, along the harbor thru the fishmarket, past the JP Jones monument, up to the new WWII Memorial. Well done! On across the Mall to the Executive Mansion. 360 degree walk about. Its now 5pm We stop in at a bar across from the WH. And are soon joined by 26 teams of a kick ball tournament participants from the Mall. Xchange sports bar is their sponsor. 20 tables of young Washingtonians chugging beer within site of the White House. OH the humanity!! Eric got treated to a free one from the owner for meritorious service by saving and an overflowing pitcher at the tap. The team shirts were colorful. We then march up Pennsylvania Ave. and take photos of the question mark suit guy that I have seen on TV. Name aludes us. After inquiring at the Warner theatre if all the George Carlin tickets are taken. We take the Metro back to the B&B
and crash early. Before 11. Tomorrow will be another day!


Happy Earth Day!!

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