Since Chris just finished his last clerkship last Friday and Leigh just finished classes, we both actually had the whole day off to have our date. We are still trying to do the things we haven't done yet in DC. Today you could say our theme was "American History." We started at Ford's Theatre: visited the museum, listened to the ranger talk, and watched the short production called "One Destiny." The museum was small enough to absorb it all, but not so small you get bored quickly. We also visited the Peterson house across the street where President Lincoln died after being shot.
For lunch we wandered down to the mall and the Museum of the American Indian. We tried a buffalo burger and pulled buffalo sandwich. They also had good sides including frybread. We recommend it for lunch for those at the mall during lunchtime. And if you're a federal employee you get 10% off. On the way home, we went to the Museum of American History for the first time and viewed the exhibit on the presidency and first ladies. Finally, we went home and watched "The Conspirator," a recent movie about the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln and the trial of Mary Surratt following the assassination. Based on my reading it was very historically accurate. It was really fun to see the scenes filmed at the places we had just visited in the morning. And since it is recent and filmed by Robert Redford it isn't boring!
