September 1, 2013
Part 1
Written December 23, 2013, edited January 30, 2014
To my readers, I hope you are
staying warm and safe this very cold January.
It has been a busy 5 months, between volunteering, housework, and new
dog Toby. I have not had time to update
the blog. However, I am back now in
2014.
Last September during Labor Day
weekend husband and I spent some time celebrating 2nd anniversary. How did we choose to celebrate? We spent some time in beautiful D.C. and
historic Alexandria.
The first place we visited was
the Smithsonian museum of American history.
The exhibit about the Golden books was very interesting. Unfortunately,
the exhibit already closed on January 12, 2014 and had been taken down already.
I enjoyed it very much…reminiscing about
when my parents read to me. Life had
been simpler when I was a little girl, now time goes so quickly. Even though it had been short, one learned a
lot about the beloved Golden books. (E.g.,
they started around World War 2 to increase literacy to more people, not the
rich.) It was also a very effective
marketing tool especially for tissues and Band-Aids. There are three complaints that I did not
like about the exhibit. It had too much
writing and too little artifacts to view, and too little interaction. You are still able to view the online
exhibit, so if interested, please click the link.
Afterwards, we decided to see a second
exhibit titled “Change in America: Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 & March
on Washington, 1963.” I found it very
interesting because it talked about how African slaves were freed. The exhibit linked two important events,
Emancipation Proclamation and March on Washington. Right after the Proclamation thousands of
slaves gathered in “tent cities.” In
1963, the March on Washington was unexpected and there were hundreds to
thousands of people. Marchers were demonstrating
for freedom and jobs. If anyone is
interested, you had better hurry because it closes in seven months on September
7, 2014. Please check out the following link of the online exhibit.
The picture is a preview of what I will write about next.
Happy Blogging! Thanks for reading!
