The Adventures of Sock Monkey Season 2 Episode 2: Washington DC, the City of Museums, Monuments, and Classified Information Day 6

   Last day, everyone! Which is sad, since I thoroughly enjoyed this vacation, minus the hot humidity and the sad overpriced hot dogs. Oh well. Forwards and onwards, dear readers! 

   We checked out of our hotel early and grabbed a Lyft (Seriously. Its a company like Uber.) to Arlington Cemetery (and left our luggage in the lobby of the hotel). At the visitor center, we bought shuttle tickets to get around and boarded the shuttle. Since Arlington Cemetery is an active cemetery, funerals were still going on, so we couldn't stop at the Arlington House (that's where you get the Junior Ranger badge), so we stopped at the Amphitheater and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier instead, and watched the Changing of the Guards. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is guarded by the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment and has been guarded 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year since 1937. The discipline is really tight and its really cool to watch. See the link attached for more information. -> http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore-the-Cemetery/Changing-of-the-Guard  After that, we walked to the Arlington House (since the shuttle still didn't stop there due to active funeral services) and I got my Junior Ranger badge there. I'll include some educational stuff at the end of this post. It's really interesting there. Apparently, the Arlington House was once owned by General Robert E. Lee. And for those who know your American history, Robert E. Lee was the Confederate general in the Civil War. The more you know. After getting the badge, we walked down to the John F. Kennedy Gravesite and saw the Eternal Flame. And it was cool. PICTURE TIME!! 

At the Eternal Flame.

After we finished looking throughout Arlington Cemetery, we took a Lyft back to our hotel, then to the Metro station at Rosslyn. We took the subway to Union Station and caught a train from there to the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (try saying that 10x fast) and from there caught our flight back to Phoenix. We sat in first class and basically it's bigger seats, blankets, lots of food, endless drinks, and bigger foldable tables. And that concludes Episode 2 of Season 2 of 'The Adventures of Sock Monkey'! Any questiones, commentos, or anything else of the sort, comment board is below. Until next time, thanks for reading! And may the sock monkeys be ever in your favor!



EDUCATIONAL STUFFINESS NOW!

The Working Yard
There were over 60 enslaved people at Arlington House. Write an F next to statements of those who worked in the field, and an H next to ones of those in the house.

__ I close up the house every night at 10 p.m.
__ I am a nurse for the Lee children.
__ I plow the fields and plant oats and corn.
__ I get to eat some of the leftovers from the Lee family meals.
__ I live in the log cabins down by the river.
__ I wear old clothes from the Lee family.


A Family at Play
When Robert E. Lee was home, he loved to play outside with his children. He taught them to ride ponies, ice skate, swim, and fish in the river. They built tree houses in the woods. The family was very close. Complete the word search below.