Day 2

Holocaust Museum

First thing we did this morning was go to the Holocaust Memorial Museum. If you ever have the opportunity to go there, I highly suggest you take advantage of the chance. It was both really amazing and incredibly sad. The museum had 4 levels and so many different sections. It was set-up in the time line of Hitler's reign and showed so many different parts.

There were millions of people, literally, at the Kick-Off concert in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Our best view were jumbo trons throughout the mall. People were also hanging and climbing trees for a chance to get a better view of the celebrities singing and speaking. All the performances were very entertaining. Afterwards, we "marched" on Washington through the streets. We saw protesters and jokingly booed at them, Seth got us lost from the main group and we had to seek refuge at a caged restaurant. We finally found our way back to the group and waited for an hour to get on the subway, in the subway station. Once we got back to the room, the boys enter and find that Josh has turned the heat up to about 90 degrees. So there was a drastic climate change and we cursed at Josh for doing it. So tonight we are looking forward to a poker game and wait for what happens tomorrow.



Celebration of Freedom Concert line up:


Bruce Springsteen - "Rising"
Laura Linney
Martin Luther King III
Mary J Blige - "Lean on Me"
Steve Carrell
Jamie Fox
Bettye LaVette & Jon Bon Jovi
Tom Hanks
Marissa Tomei
James Taylor, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles - "Shower the People"
Joe Biden
John Mellencamp - "Pink Houses"
Jack Black
Rosario Dawson
Garth Brooks - "American Pie" "Shout" "We Shall Be Free"
Ashley Judd
Forrest Whitaker
Usher, SteveWonder, Shakira - "Higher Ground"
Samual L. Jackson
Bono with U2 - "One Love"
Barak Obama
Bruce Springsteen
Beyonce - "America the Beautiful"