Washington D'C's Best

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Washington D.C.s Best

• By Alexa Dargis, Catherine Leonard, Colleen
  Buckley, and Isabel Grazian

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WELCOME!!!

• Your hotel will be the Washington Inn.
• You will be touring the Supreme Court Building,
  the Capitol, Arlington National Cemetery, and the
  Tomb of the Unknowns.
• Hope you have fun!!!

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Breakfast

• Today, for breakfast, you will be eating at
  Walker Bros. The special of the day is cinnamon
  pancakes. Only a 1 per pancake for hotel
  guest.

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Your first stop will be the Supreme Court building
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Supreme Court

• The Supreme Court contains 8 justices and a chief
  justice
• The chief justice is chosen by the President and
  approved by The Senate.
• More then 7,500 cases are sent in to the Supreme
  Court each year and only 80-100 cases are
  actually accepted.

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Supreme Court

• Justices have their job for life unless they
  resign or retire.
• Justices can spend up to 3 months on 1 case.
• There are no requirements in order to be
  appointed a justice, but all have been trained in
  law.
• One president, William Howard Taft, was also a
  chief justice.

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Lunch Time!!!

• Now you will be having lunch at Go Roma. Pizza
  pepperoni, sausage and cheese will be your
  special.
• Youre the guest in the Washington Inn so for
  anything its 5.40.

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Next, you will be going to the Capitol building
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The Capitol

• The capitol was made in 1793 in Washington D.C.
• You can see its beautiful white gleam and, its
  statue of freedom on the top of the Capitol.
• The Capitol is where the legislative branch
  works.
• The Capitol was built by Pierre Charles L.
  Enfant, And he accepted to build it.

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The Capitol Continued

• The capitol is were the U.S. makes the laws.
• The Capitol is located near the Library of
  Congress
• At the Capitol you can take a tour and you can
  see the old Supreme Court.

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Time for Dinner!!!

• For dinner you will be eating any where you like
  for free!! Here is the coupon! You will be
  getting it in the mail.
  

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Then, you are going to the Arlington National
Cemetary
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Arlington National Cemetary

• 4 million visitors every year
• 300,000 people buried here
• William H. Taft
• John F. Kennedy
• Thurgood Marshall

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Arlington National Cemetary

• Open from 7am to 5 pm from September-march.
• April until August hours are 7am-7pm

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Now youre off to the Tomb of the Unknowns!!!
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Tomb of the Unknowns

• Same hours as Arlington national cemetery
• The guards here walk a 60 foot plank in exactly
  21 steps, pause for 21 seconds and then they
  repeat this pattern.

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Tomb of the Unknowns

• Tomb of the Unknowns is located inside the
  Arlington National Cemetery
• The Tomb of the Unknowns is a grave for the men
  who fought and died in World War I.
• Make sure to see the changing of the guards every
  half hour.

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Thanks for watching!!!