2013 National Jamboree is the first held at the Summit in beautiful West Virginia. From July 13 to July 26 we will be touring National and Church sites and spending 9 days with 50,000 best friends at the Jamboree. What an exciting experience. The Dino Riders are ready, bring it on.

Saturday, July 13, 2013

The Monuments

Today began our Pre-tour of the National Jamboree. We had a chance to visit Fort McHenry the home or our National Anthem. From there we ventured on to Washington D.C. to see the monuments. Our tour included: The Boy Scout Monument, a drive by of the White House, Einstein Monument, Vietnam Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Korean Memorial, The Martin Luther King Memorial, FDR Memorial, WW II Memorial and the Jefferson Memorial. The young men were anxious and excited to be out of a plane and bus.

Before our tour of the monuments we included a visit to Honest Abes: a Souvenir Store across from Ford's Theater. The boys feasted on knick knacks, coins, key chains and of course some Angry Bird Sunglasses. On our monument tour we encountered  little of Mother Natures fury ( a cloud burst) followed by the ultimate rainbow.  Here is a some highlights of today's tour.

Troop C313 under the flag at Fort McHenry.

Troop C313 at Fort McHenry. Location right in the heart of the Fort.

Drill and Shooting Demonstration at the Fort.


The scouts reverently visit the Vietnam Memorial.


Following a cloud burst at Lincoln Memorial we witnessed an awesome giant Rainbow.
The World War II Memorial in the evening light.

The boys pointing at the Utah pillar in the WW II Memorial.



  
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