Today I visited the U.S. National Archives for the first time. This is where all of our historical document, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, are kept. They do a very nice job of laying out the documents relevant to some of the major events in our country's history. It's a good history lesson. However, I think I ended up spending more time reading the commentary along the document rather the document itself. Most are handwritten and faded, making it difficult to read.
Currently at the Archives, there is an interesting exhibit on the school days of our presidents. The varoius photographs and documents here include class or team photos, report cards, sick notes from mom, diplomas, etc. They also noted that every president had gone on to higher education past high school, despite it being a very difficult thing to do in some of their times. Most also played a sport of some sort. However, Bill Clinton was a band geek. I didn't see much on our current president - G.W. Bush.
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