I reached Washington D.C. only seven hours after I left Columbia, which meant that I still had half the day to visit. The main reason I stopped here was to visit the monuments. My first stop was the Washington Monument. The monument is a 555 foot marble tower, representing our first president, George Washington. The tower lays behind a giant pool, that is supposed to reflect the monument. After my first stop, I went to the Lincoln Memorial. The Lincoln memorial is a lot different than the Washington Monument. The Lincoln memorial is a monument with Abraham Lincoln sitting on a chair in the middle of the white building. Next, I went to the Thomas Jefferson Monument. The statue of Thomas Jefferson also sat in the middle of a white building. After
