On Monday morning at 6:45 (EST) Nick, Stephen, Dad & I went to President Bush’s speech. When we first got to Arlington National Cemetery there was a HUGE line to get a tram ride up to the outdoor theater, where he was giving his speech. So we started walking up to the theater. When we were most of the way there a security guard told us we couldn’t walk, so we had to take a bus. So we walked all the way back down and stood in line to catch a tram. We waited in line for 45 minutes and thought maybe we should just go back to the hotel. We walked to the down the edge of the line and immediately got on a tram. REALLY WEIRD! So we able to get through security and enter the outdoor theater where around 5,000 people can fit. We were in the last 2,000 but still got great seats close to the stage. By the time we got seated it was 9:00, but the ceremony didn’t start until 11:00. So we had a very long time to sit and wait. The Marines band started playing at 10:30 and Mr. President laid the wreath on the Tomb of The Unknowns at 11:00. No-one in the theator could leave their seats so the people that had set up put a TV screen so that everyone could see the cermony. A marshal prayed and then a couple people gave short speeches. The president then gave his speech. It only lasted about 10 minutes, but was really meaningful and very well written. We were really exited to be so close to the President and figured that it would probably be the closest we would ever be to a President.

Some photos of President Bush's Memorial Day speech.

Until a later post, :)

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