Essay - Trip to the East Coast

Trip to The East Coast

* Gordon

      Take a look at what's new at our blog: our amazing trip to the east coast!!!!!

ship in grey: World War II destroyer USS Cassin Young

Boston train station
where we took train
from Boston
to New York

      Boston is a perfect place to relax and have fun. At Boston Common, the Freedom Trail starts. Just follow the red brick line and lets pick up clues from the past. The Boston new State House dome is covered with pure gold. People started to build the new State House from 1795-1798. The dome was originally made by wood, but there was always holes, so the Paul Revere's Revere copper company gave them copper for the dome. But then the copper turned green, nobody wanted a green dome so they turned it into a pure gold dome. That dome itself is more then $3,000,000. Boston Duck Tours were once used in the military at World War II. They were used because they had the ability to go on both land and water. Boston is amazing!!!

We received our 1st Jr. Ranger badge at Faneuil Hall

Listen to NY history at the top of
Freedom Tower

     New York, the Empire State is great. The Natural History Museum gives you cool knowledge. The free Staten Island Ferry give you an idea of how big the Statue of Liberty is. It is 309 feet high(93 meters)! The Staten Island Ferry is only 100 meters away from the Statue of Liberty. Brooklyn Bridge was made in 1883. It still stand good as new. Last but not least: ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER!!!!! As high as 102 floors, it stand proudly reminds people of the 9/11 tragedy that happened in September 9th, 2001. Sony Wonder Technology lab is great! Video games, robots, if you have a child, I'd recommend you go there.

Congress Hall

      Philadelphia is great! University of Pennsylvania, American nation's first university, is in the top ten universities. The liberty bell has a crack because of the mix of metal. It weighs more than 2,000 pounds. the Liberty Bell stands for liberty and independence to all!!!At Independence hall, the rising sun chair is where general George Washington sat. There is a copy of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The U.S. Mint is fabulous. If you owned it, you'd be rich. The U.S. Mint makes the best coins ever!

John Witherspoon
as a representative of New Jersey
the only college president to sign
the Declaration of Independence.

riding cable car
to the mountain top
at Six Flags New Jersey

      Princeton is beautiful and great. It is very famous. Albert Einstein worked here as a guest professor. He won a Noble Prize for Physics! Princeton is wonderful for technology! New Jersey's Six Flags Great Adventure is awesome. It has crazy ride everywhere you look! But you can't miss this one: KING DA KA, world tallest and 2nd fastest roller coaster in the whole world!!!

rainbow over the American Falls



tasted water from Canadian
Horseshoe Falls,
Hornblower Cruise



the power of the
American Falls,
Cave of the Winds

      Niagara Falls is majestic at night time. Lights, laser beam light up the night sky. There are fireworks only on Friday and Sunday nights! The Hornblower boat lets you feel how strong the American Falls and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls is. Journey behind the falls (Cave of the Winds) is unforgettable. You switch your shoes to their special shoes, grab your water-proof coat. Now, get ready to get extremely wet!!! (P.S. Don't worry if you get wet, I call it a free shower!)

view of Washington Monument
from Lincoln Memorial



proudly received
Jr. Ranger Badge
at Ford Theater

      Washington D.C., the Nation's Capital, is great! Washington Monument may have been cracked, but the love in it and the person it respects never cracks. The White House beautifully sculptured is where every president has lived except for George Washington, America's first president. The outstanding Library of Congress is world's largest Library. The Capitol Building is fantastic. There's a humongous Freedom Goddess statue  on the top. Ford Theater, the sorrowful place where President Lincoln dead, is where people respect Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States of America.

      Guess how many states we crossed in all this summer? 18 states!!! Our trip was the BEST trip ever in our whole life so far!

 * Aaron

      The trip to the East Coast was very exciting. Boston and Philadelphia were very important places in the Revolutionary War. Washington D.C. was built after the Revolutionary War. The leading financial of the world is New York. Six Flags Great Adventure and Niagara Falls were very cool places. The trip to the East Coast was very fascinating.

Old State House
Boston Massacre
locates in front of
the building

tour of Freedom Trail
Boston

      Boston and Philadelphia are key places in the Revolutionary War. Boston was where the Boston Massacre took place. Ben Franklin, American Founding Father, was born in Boston. Philadelphia used to be the nation's capital! It was where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed. Franklin lived most of his life in Philadelphia. Boston and Philadelphia was the places full of history.



American space flight Apollo 11, landed the first humans on the Moon,
American Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969
National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.

U.S. Capitol Building

      The current capital of the U.S. is Washington D.C. The U.S. Government is located there. It has many famous landmarks and museums in the National Mall. The document of Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights are kept in National Archives. Washington D.C. is an awesome place.

New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street

Metropolitan Museum of Art

     New York is one of the most influential places in the world. New York was built around Wall Street. It has some cool museums like the Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Statue of Liberty was amazing. The United Nations Headquarters are in New York. New York was very wonderful.

Six Flags Wildlife Safari animals

American Falls of
Niagara Falls

      Six Flags and Niagara Falls were excellent. Six Flags has the famous Wildlife Safari and Kingda Ka. Niagara Falls is on the border between Canada and the U.S. It is actually 3 falls, but the American Falls and horseshoe Falls are more famous. Six Flags and Niagara Falls were exciting.

     The trip to the East Coast was very cool. Boston and Philadelphia are famous places. Washington D.C. is where national laws are made. New York is a fascinating place. Six Flags and Niagara Falls are very fun. It is the best trip ever.