Washington, D.C.

Flat Stanley went to our nation’s capital, Washington, DC to visit with Sara & Eric Rice.  He arrived on October 10th, it was sunny and 60°.  Sara & Eric enjoy going to the Air & Space Museum, to the monuments, and to see shows at the Kennedy Center.  While in DC, Stanley rode the Metro to the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.  To get to the top of the Washington Monument, you used to have to climb 897 steps or ride on a steam operated elevator that took 20 minutes!  Now, no one is allowed to climb the stairs & the elevator takes less than a minute.  The monument itself is over 555 feet tall!  Another neat DC fact is The White House used to be known as the “President’s Palace” or the “President’s House”, until a Baltimore reporter referred to it as “The White House” & Theodore Roosevelt made this the official name in 1901.