Mark has a tradition of taking each of the kids to Washington D.C. to give them the opportunity to learn about their National Heritage. This last February Alie was able to go. They went to lots of different places. This picture on the left is of the Vietnam Memorial. It is much different visiting D.C. today than it was years ago with Brittany and Mindy. They were able to go to inside the White House on a tour after waiting in line for a 
couple hours. Now it is much harder and takes a lot more preparing and planning to go inside the White House. One of Alie's favorite things to see was the Holocaust Museum. She has been studying that in school so it was neat for her to be able to see that. Other places they visited include; Capital, Air and Space Museum, all the main monuments, and the World War II memorial, George Washingtons house (Mt. Vernon). Alie was all museumed out after that so they continued on to a huge mall where she could satisfy her shopping needs. Alie experienced riding an underground subway. It was a great trip! 
