Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21
Dear Aunt Nladge:

MOI j.
-, Trim to washington, .. c.,
80, t,a last week in March?
t,i,..t ,,,rst tel, YOU that my school
$500. nor, u "one OF your pupils
,,o " and her John" accom-
lid me. Mine, alas has never ma /
terialized-more's the pity. on our ar
rival we were met by another sehool-
mate. who lives there, making our
visit something more than just h''ie
tourney; it was real event to us
Now that l have the three school-
mates visionized with one lone Jo'H}'
can go on.
0, wonderful city of Washlngtoh'
TO me. in it's beauty security and re
pose, it signifies all that America
means to us, and the symbol OF our
flag is made still clearer How coulu
it be less, when we look upon the
silent, enduring memorials OIL the
heroic dead! Come from who're
may, we all nave 9H"'e
glorious TRADITIONS an" Pii"0 -
its beauties
Our first day was spent IN Ariins 'on
ON the heights OF the fo'oh'ae' l. seems
dead-Just away from the holse ol 'i'e
city The grounds nave peeh oeNeiopeU
! by landscape art anu us o"" h'''i o.
beauty. we STOOD by tue "'o"uiiiei
Of the unknown soIaler ana "o"ueieu
to whom TINS tribute WAS erec'e"'
Our day in the capitol was great
We visited the Rotunda, the Han of
Statuary. Hail of Representatives and
its rooms, the supreme Court ana 'he
Senate Chamber. The walls are heaVy
with paintings OF the great events III
our history ana OIL those VINO nave
rendered DISTINGUISHED service 70 our
country. we sat IN Ihe senate S"l-
lery to Walch the senators as ule9
! came IN. Having reference caro- we
/ could identity them personally as they
seated themselves 1t was very inter
es'iie' an" we "i9''e' " '''0
NV
Ihe Library OF congress on Capltol
mn mas beeh named as our most won
/ derlul building as to interior decora-
TONS Ihey are more than splendid
For the White House, we We're
/ fortunate in having special cards so
we We're admitted to all the rooms.
The East room is the Reception room.
The State dining room, the Blue room,
! Red room and Green room. The
! grounds about the White House were
/ lovely with crocuses in every color,
and as we were within two blocks of
the White House, l found great pleas
ure in walking through the grounds
/ often.
Our visit To Mt Vernon was more
| than interesting. as we were allowed
more liberty and could walk All about
! the grounds and in most of the
rooms The mansion situated ovnr-
looking the potomac river makes il
more than picturesque
We stopped at Alexandria and went
into the church, so OF course we sat
down in Washingtons pew.
One dav was snant eptiraIv ont of
( In, ,,i,t+;.,.. a.. ,..,,..ttr,.I .,-.,
WASHINGTON Monument ana the lin
coin Memorial The monument Of
white norbla is z55 foot a,,d Q
| inches biob- tha biobast v.o.l. or
masonry in tha ,yo,,ld st,i,.u,o,, ,f
| ana stans 1o.5a +o a., +a,, ,,..
elevator The Lincoln Memorial in
form q Groal, t,,,nI., Of mn, ,,.rita
marble is west nj tha monument
rejecting pooI mirrors the memorial
the monument and canitol donna
we Walked from tha r,n,noriai to
tba monument O ,,,,rt.,. IL ~.
each side of the basin of water cherry
trees are planted, forming an avenue
| of beauty and uniting the two most
wonderful monuments ever erected in
/ memory of the two great spirits of the
/ past-Washingto and Lincoln. We
( walked about the navy yard, and there
! Our John" was more than interested
in the steel shop.
The Presidents Yacht was NOT fo,.o.ot
ten, and the airplanes sailed ahout ill.,
birds We were privileged 10 see onr
! prasido,+ ,,d NJ Caa1i,..
us a real thrin TO see them nersor-