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Tuesday, May 24

150 years

saturday i had plans for us to go check out olde town alexandria & then we found out it was also the sesquicentennial celebration for the civil war in virginia so there was tons to see & do.

to be fair, half the people there called it a celebration since the war. the other half? they called it the commemoration of the occupation of union troops. did you hear that?? the occupation of union troops! yup. that one kind of blew me away haha.


the beans loved the re-enactors. especially the drummer.


my favorite part was walking around the christ church grounds & having the nicest gardener ever walk us over to the parish house to get someone to give us a personal tour. the church was closed to get ready for a meeting later that day but they unlocked it & walked us around the 1773 church to look at george washington's pew & ask as many questions as we wanted. very cool.


we got to stop by some amazing little shops, kiss my mr. lincoln, tour the founder's home, eat lunch looking over the potomac, count the ducks, listen to the fun civil wars-y band stand, walk down the cobblestone alleys, smother the kiddles in sunscreen, & check out the huge old torpedo factory turned art studio/museum.


awesome saturday. check.

3 comments:

Kelli and Derek Hill said...

so fun! I love your outfit. And I love Coco's chubby thighs.

John Hodgman said...

What a great day. You hit it just perfect - btw, which side were you for?

melissa marie said...

how fun! and i am drooling over that hybrid bike of yours. hope you are enjoying the new habitat :)