Descriptive Essay On Washington Dc

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When I visited Washington D.C. I found a camera on the floor on the sidewalk. It was a weird camera it wasn't a camera that we would use today. It was oddly shaped and it had a big ring for where the flash goes. I wanted to check if it still worked so I tried to take a picture but it didn't work. I tried to see if it had film and it did. It had 7 images of film an old soldier. I decide to take a look at them for a while. What I saw was shocking and depressing. The First Picture: It had a picture of an office in the corner of the office was the American Flag. In the office an envelope was being given to a man from the General. Both men shook each other’s hand and in the other the General was giving the man an envelope. On the envelope it …show more content…
They must’ve been one of his friend in the Boot Camp because I don’t remember him being in any other picture. They both look strong, healthy and well rested which is good whenever your preparing/training for war. They had 0% percent of doubt in their eye. They knew they could pull out with a win in this war no matter how long.
The Sixth Picture: it shows a picture of them going to war (picture taken by The Captain) all the soldiers with their guys aimed and ready waiting. The man was doing something that nobody would have thought of doing and that was smile. Everybody else in the picture had a serious face and a stern look. He looked relax which confused me it would have been scary to fight for our country back then. There was a white piece of paper in his left pocket (I wonder what that is.)
The Seventh Picture:(photo taken by his friend) it had a man lying on the cold hard grass in the mist of the battle. It was the same man that was smiling in the six other picture but in this one his face was blank. When I saw this picture I started to cry this was a loving/caring father and husband. He looked sad something about made me feel angry for his death. I never seen this man before in my life but I felt close to him. He died fighting for his country and he died a

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