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November 11th 2008

Published: September 9th 2009

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Lincoln Memorial

November 8, 2008 - The purpose of my Visit to the US is to celebrate my Birthday and at the same time to have a grand vacation! This time we went to Washington DC. First stop- we ate hotdog in a sabrett stand, if my memory serves me right, I ate 2 full hotdogs and 2 cans of dr. pepper soda. Then we took pictures in Lincoln Memorial. Went to Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial which made me teary eyed (this is my dream come true to touch the black granite wall) there’s something inside that I cannot explain. Found the name Michael O’ Donell (he wrote a very nice poem during his service in the Vietnam war and he was KIA). NASA Museum is very huge. There you would find and touch the rock from the moon, all kinds of Space ship that was launched and various planes. You could even enter the module that was used during the flight program. I only saw the white house from afar. We also visited the National Museum. We hit the road at around 6 pm and headed to Maryland to visit my aunt and at the same time to celebrate my birthday. We had