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July 14, 2009 – 11:27 pm | by epierre2
Today we visited the Newseum in DC and it was awesome. I actually got to see a piece of the Twin Towers. Something that I thought was really cool at the museum was that they had an Ethics section, and in there, there was a round table that was touch screen where you read questions and answer them and it tells you if your wrong or right. I thought that was cool because it got me to understand alittle more about how journalists are suppose to decide on whether or not its a good idea to right about and event or idea that was just proposed or witnessd.
Another thing that was cool was that there was a whole section about 9/11. It showed things like a photograper who lost his life trying to document a very important tradegy that has happened on our lifetime. Items that he had with him on that day were displayed. The items included his press pass, his cell phone, glasses, camera, exposed film, glasses, his wedding ring and many other things.
Pennsylvania Avenue Terrace was amazing. I saw the capitol, the Smithsonian Castle and many other things especially the Federal Reserve. I couldn’t believe I was near all these beautiful places. I hope I can convince my mom to come to visit DC sometime during the summer before school starts in August.
She would love to come if I tell her that there is a whole Obama setup that they have. She would probably like die right in front of the collage of pictures. But I’m pretty sure the body surfing picture of Obama on his family vacation will tear her apart, but I guess I will have to wait and see.
Pulitzer Prize pictures? Those pictures were amazing. I mean those photographers really did earn that award for their pictures because you could see exact;y what they are trying to capture and help you understand. I saw a picture of a kid with a stroller walking through the water after a huge hurricane destroyed the homes and lives of many Haitians. Looking at that picture reminded me that when hurricanes hit Florida its not as bad as when they hit a place like Haiti where they have no shelters or stable concrete homes due to lack of money and neccesities needed to build strong homes. Seeing this little boy covered in mud and pushing a muddy stroller through the water had me thinking, if only the world could really see the everyday life of a Haitian in Haiti. Its tragic, so tragic that it would cause so much pain and sorrow that you would cry if you were there. Witnessing this first hand is very depressing but thats all for another time
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