CAP Legislative Day DC Trip

For the past five days David and I and several other CAP Cadets from the Vermont wing were down in DC for the annual CAP Legislative day. It was a very exciting trip, and I feel honored to have been part of the representing party for the Vermont CAP wing.

On Wednesday we drove down, arriving around dinner time. Thursday we met with staff from Representative Welch's office as well as Senator Sanders and one of his staff members. The purpose of these meetings was to show our representatives in the Senate and House that the Civil Air Patrol is a valuable program, and to encourage them to vote to continue funding. We also had a tremendous highlight later on in the day.

We managed, due to the kindness of Welch's staff, to get a tour of the capitol, and to sit in the gallery of the House of Representatives. On Friday we all went out sight-seeing, and because of the cold temperatures, we visited several museums and did more inside things. We visited the Holocaust Museum, the Air And Space Museum, and some other places.

On Saturday we visited the outdoor things, like the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial, all this before lunch! after lunch we visited the Arlington Cemetery, and then headed back to the hotel to pack. We returned Sunday, arriving around 6:45 PM.

We were extremely busy the entire trip, but here are some photographs. I hope to be able to really do it right one of these days, fifteen minutes for each memorial is just not enough . . .





The Jefferson Memorial:

Korean War Memorial

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

World War II Memorial

The Vermont panel