Southold High School - Snuffbox Yearbook (Southold, NY)

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TRAVELQGUE WASHINGTON D c Monday April 6 A brighT and beauTiTul day dawned AT 604 a m a group oT ThirTy six happy seniors and one oT our chaperones Mr STaiger boarded The good old Long Island RR Tor New York CrTy Upon arriving aT Pennsylvania STaTnon we were greeTed by our oTher chaperone Miss C-aTTi and a Pennsylvania railroad represenTaTive Mr DaunT AT 9 30 we boarded a special Train and were en rouTe To The NaTion s capiTal AT 2 00 p m our Train pulled mTo Union STaTion There we TransTerred To a slghTseeing bus which Took us To our TirsT sTop The UniTed STaTes Cap1Tol a mosT inTeresTung and beauTiTul building where we were accompanied by a compeTenT guide on a Tour Through The Two Houses oT Congress and STaTuary Hall A shorT walk Took us To The Supreme CourT Building Nearby was The Library oT Congress where we viewed among oTher Things The mosT beauT1Tul mosaic work in The world We Then reboarded The bus Tor The Roger SmiTh HoTel our new home Tor The nexT Three days ATTer dinner we wenT our separaTe ways Tor an evening s enTerTainmenT Tuesday April 7 BreakTasT aT 7 30 a m By 8 30 we were in our bus ready Tor an inTeresTing and insTrucTive Tour oT The ciTy oT WashingTon and :Ts environs We viewed The principal buildings parks Toreign embassies and legaTions and Tinally sTopped aT The zoo in Rock Creek Park We conTmued our Trip Through GeorgeTown crossing The PoTomac River inTo Tomb of The Unknown Soldier where we saw The changing oT The guard and The Memorial Am phiTheaTer We also saw The home oT RoberT E Lee We conTinued To Alexandria and sTopped aT The Old Club Teahouse Tor a luncheon Then we sTopped aT ChrisT Church and laTer wenT on a Tour oT The ciTy viewing The many memorable buildings We proceded To MounT Vernon where we visiTed The home oT George WashingTon a beauTiTul place indeed' ReTurnmg via The NaTional Highway on The banks oT The PoTomac River we sTopped aT The NaTional AirporT and The JeTTerson and Lincoln Memorials before geT Ting back To our hoTeI ThaT evening some aTTended perTormances oT Oklahoma and Our Town oThers wenT To Glenn Echo AmusemenT Park We had an enloyable Time excepT Tor The TacT ThaT we had To walk beTween The raindrops Wednesday April 8 We awoke To a brighT and beauTiTul morning wiTh everyone in hugh spiriTs BreakTasT was served aT The usual Time and again we climbed aboard our bus which Took us To The Bureau oT PrinT1ng and Engraving where we were escorTed by a Trained guide who explained The many prrnTing operahons Our bus nexT Took us To The WashingTon MonumenT a beauTiTul ediTice erecTed in memory oT our T1rsT presidenT Many oT us had The experience oT walking up The 849 sTeps To The pinnacle Trom which we could view The ciTy We Then walked To The Pan American Building wiTh :Ts beauTiTuI LaTin American paTuo compleTe wlTh anc1enT parroTs and lovely shrubbery UnTorTunaTely we were unable To vnsiT The WhiTe House , . . The sTaTe oT Virginia, Through ForT Meyer and ArlingTon N'aTional CemeTery, sTopping aT The

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Afler lunch we boarded +he bus For a beaulnlul drvve +o Annapolus lhe capulal of Maryland and lhe home of lhe Unsred Sfares Nlaval Academy where we saw lhe dress parade un which fhnrfy erghf hundred mudshupmen marched We vsxled lhe Chapel Bancroll Hall Dahlgren Hall lhe Armory and gymnasium wu+h Hrs swummxng pool Baclc al our hofel we dress d for dunner a+ 'rhe Casino Royal where everyone enloyed an enferlaunung program Thaf venung everyone rerurned +o 'rhe holel early fo aH'end fhe class parly Thursday Aprul 9 The lasf day of our excmng four was a+ hand and we had uhe pleasure of awalcemng +o a beaufnlul 7 rauny day Affer breakfasl we were +alcen lo fhe Smufhsonlan lnshfufe where we found on dusplay a replica of 'rhe gowns worn by fhe Presudenfs wnves af each unaugurahon collechons of couns and slamps Lindbergh s Spiral of S+ Louis and rhousands of orugunal and unfereshng exhublfs Unforfunalely we were unable lo have a group pncfure 'ralcen because of fhe pouring ram so we climbed aboard our bus For The lrup back fo Union Slahon and rhe long rude home We lelr +he Capulal Cnly a+ I2 OO noon and arrived ar New York around 3 30 p m where we lefr some of our group We cllmbeo aboard lhe Long Island 'rraln af 44I p m and arrrved af home a+ 7 30 p m A very sorry bunch lndeed were we for we realnzed lhau The experrence whnch was lhe culmunalnon ol four years efforf was a lhlng of fhe pasl buf we were Cerlax ly glad fo gel home and gel some res'r 'A u ' A ' u ' - l 1 u I ' I - 3 . . . . . ., . 3 . , I c 4.3 . , . . . . . , , . . . . . . . ,l . . , ,, I I - . I r . . - r - . . . . , , , . . . , . , 1 U