I love our founding documents. It may seem weird to say this, but I felt an over surging sense of patriotism when I was waiting in line. When I saw them my eyes welled with tears. It is so odd to think that these three American documents shaped so much of the modern world, (and you could barely read em!). I was just extremely excited to see the famous signatures, mainly John Hancock. For those of you who don't know, after signing the Declaration in large print he is quoted in saying "There, King George should be able to this". It really was the only legible part of the document.
I've never seen "National Treasure", and to be quite honest I don't ever want to. It is Nicolas Cage trying to be better that Indiana Jones. He fails. Anyways, all I heard from kid's mouths was this stupid movie while we were waiting in line. This is a bit disconcerting that these kids are more motivated to see the documents because of a movie and not what they learned from History class. Maybe it is just the teacher in me popping out. I''ll never know I guess.God has truly blessed this country. And even though we have our faults, I will forever be proud to call myself an American.
DC was fun though, and I hope my newly founded friends had as much of a time as I did.
"The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots." -Thomas Jefferson, 1787
