Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
Lulu NJ. Ross Elementary
School News

Grade 6-Mrs. Magdalene McGuire's
Section 2
Below is some information about
our plans to visit Washington, d.
c., and some of the things we will
see:
Washington Trip
Our class is very excited about
our Washington trip next month
We will leave our school about
7:O0 a. m. in the morning.
We will travel by chartered bus
The first sightseeing begins when
we cross the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge. Then we'll visit such places
as the Lincoln Memorial, Mount
Vernon, Jefferson Memorial, the
Capitol, Arlington Cemetery, White
House, and the Washington Monu-
ment
After we have completed our
tour we will have dinner at a res
taurant in Washington. We hope
to be home by $500 p. m.
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon was entitled to
the Washington family by land
grant in 1914. Before Lawrence
Washington got Mount Vernon, the
plantation was called Hunting
Creek Plantation. When Lawrence
got it he renamed it Mount Vernon
after Admiral Vernon, whom he
had served with in the Caribbean.
George Washington a'c qufr d
Mount Vernon in 1854. He married
Martha Custis in January, 1859.
While George Washington was
President of the United States he
saw very little of Mount Vernon
George Washington died at
Mount Vernon on the fourteenth of
December, 1893. He was buried
there. His wife, Martha Washing
ton, died in 1902 and was buried
beside her husband.
Mount Vernon has been restored
and now belongs to The Mount Ver-
non Ladies' Association, which was
founded by Miss Ann Pamela Cum
ningham of South Carolina.
In the central hall we will see
the Key to the Bastille, an old
clock, the bedroom of George
Washington, his trunk, the La
fayette room, the old kitchen, the
carriage house, and many other
things.
We are looking forward to visit
ing Mount Vernon when we take
our class trip to Washington, d. G.
Connie Savage
Federal Government
Washington, ID. c.. is the head
quarters for our Federal Govern
ment which is made up of three
branches: The Executive, Legisla-
tive, and Judicial.
The Executive branch is made
up of the President, vice-Presi-
dent, and the Presidents Cabinet.
This branch of government exc
cutes the laws that are made. Most
of the cabinet meetings are held in
the White House.
The Legislative branch is made
up of the two houses known as
Congress- One house is called the
Senate, which has 98 members, and
will soon have two more. The other
house is called the House of Rep
resentatives, which has 436 mem
bers. The number of representa-
tives are according to the states
population. Delaware's u. S. Sena-
tors are John u. Williams and j..
Allen Frear. Our present u. S. Rep
resentative is Harris Mcdowell.
This branch of government makes
all the Federal laws that we live
by.
The Judicial branch of govern
ment is made up of the Supreme
Court. Mr. Earl Warren is Chief
Justice and there are eight other
members. 1t is the Courts duty to
see that all laws. are constitution
al, and to punish the violators of
the laws.
These are some of the important
things we have learned about our
Federal Government
Carol Tebbens
Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial was built
In remembrance of Abraham Lin
coin. In the center of the Memorial
is the statue of Abraham Lincoln,
the model of which was designed
by Daniel Chester French. 1t is 19
feet tall. The statue is made of
Georgia marble. There are two mu-
rails: one represents An Angel of
Truth freeing a slave, and the
other the Unity of the North and
South. Jules Guerin painted them.
The canvas weighed 500 pounds and
about $50 pounds of paint were
used. Above each of them are two
speeches, the Gettysburg Address
and his Second Inaugural Address.
This is one of the places we will
visit.
Sophie Robutka