Pearl Harbor

This week we made a trip to Hawaii where we stopped at the Pearl Harbor Monument. The Monument resembles the death of 1,102 people who died on the U.S.S Arizona on December 7, 1941. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor which marked the beginning of WW2. The monument was built in 1962 and is visited by 2 million people annually. 

Washington Monument

This week we will be visiting the Washington Monument in Washington DC. The monument is named in remembrance of George Washington our first president who was also the commander of our Continental Army. The monument stands 555 feet tall. Construction began in 1848 and was on hold due to the lack of money from 1854 to 1877. The construction was finally finished in 1888. 

Scheduled stops on our cross country trip: 

• Washington Monument-Washington DC
• Pearl Harbor Monument-Pearl Harbor, HI
• Liberty Bell- Philadelphia, PA
• Mall Of America- Bloomington, MN
• Hollywood- Los Angeles, CA
• Las Vegas- Las Vegas, NV
• Cinderella's Castle- Disneyworld- Bay Lake, FL
• Faneuil Hall- Boston, MA