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| Wednesday, February, 21 | Day 14 of 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 This is me, Flat Luke! |
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| Today I tour the Washington, DC. I start by buying a fare card for the Metro, that is the subway train. I had to read the map, too. I am proud to be a good map reader! |  Click for a larger view |
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| My tour starts at the White House. |  Click for a larger view |
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| Next I visit the US Capitol. |  Click for a larger view |
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| I visited the Korean War Memorial. When I get home, I'm going to ask my Great Uncle Willard about his time in Korea. |
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| Then I went to the Vietnam War Memorial and found a familiar last name on the wall. In fact, there are three Radtkes who were killed in the war. I made tracings of their names which I'm bringing home to help me remember about the war. |  Click for a larger view |
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| At the Air and Space Museum, I touch a moon rock. Wow! |  Click for a larger view |
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| My favorite museum was the National Postal Museum. You see, I like traveling via mail! Here I am with mail boxes from around the world. |  Click for a larger view |
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| More mail boxes from around the world. Goodness, I could travel alot! |  Click for a larger view |
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| Also at the National Postal Museum, I tour an old fashioned train car that was used for sorting mail while the train moved. This train car was fun, but I'm glad to be going home via plane tomorrow. |  Click for a larger view |
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| Tonight is my last night in Maryland. As a special treat we having apple crisp pudding from a recipe by my Great Aunt Sylvia. I learn that she was an elementary school teacher in Hutchinson. This is a great recipe and I'm glad that my Grandma Radtke told my host about it. |  Click for a larger view |
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| I set the alarm clock because I have to get up early tomorrow to get to the post office for my trip home. This alarm clock was a gift from my Great Aunt Alveria to my host upon her high school graduation. |  Click for a larger view |
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| My book today is The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg. Remember how my cousin Flat Stanley spent a night at the museum? In this book Claudia and her little brother Jamie live in a museum for an entire week! They solved a mystery and learn many good lessons. I think that Luke and his friends would enjoy hearing this book, too. |  |
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