Several students studying high school history at St. Ignatius in Grand Cayman took a trip to Washington DC to augment their study of American history.
As part of their expedition late last year, the students visited the Pentagon and Air Force Memorial, as well as branches of government, including Capitol Hill, a Congressional Committee Chamber, the Supreme Court and National Archives. Additionally, the class was able to have a lunch in the House of Representatives cafeteria.
The National Mall was visited to allow students the opportunity to study the war memorials of Vietnam, Korea and World War II. “Examining unthinkable acts in human history took the group to the Holocaust Museum, the Smithsonian Museum to the American Indian and honouring service to Arlington Cemetery, just in time to see the exacting precision of the changing of the guard,” said Carmel Weaver, St. Ignatius history teacher.
To round out the trip, the two week old Martin Luther King Memorial, Malcolm X Park, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial study and the Kennedy Centre to see Shear Madness, “which was a real comedic treat,” Mrs. Weaver said.
The students offered some commentary about their experience as well, “DC is living breathing museum,” said Anna Silva. Austyn Burkholder said, “I loved the Lincoln Memorial. Being able to sit on the steps that I had seen in so many movies was amazing. It was a reminder that history is right in front of me.” While Abigail Hutchinson said, “Seeing some of the clothes that some of the victims of the Holocaust was really an emotional, yet good experience.”
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