Day 12: DC

For our first full day in DC we ventured to Ford Theatre for a tour of where Lincoln was assassinated. We were surprised to know that they had to reconstruct the entire theatre area because after Lincoln's death they reconfigured the building into an office building. In 1893 one of the pillars holding up the floors collapsed and 22 people died. Here the whole time I thought it was just a preserved theatre in time, but it wasn't renovated back to the historic theatre until 1968. We got to cross the street and see the Petersen House where Lincoln eventually died.

After that history lesson we headed to the National Archives Museum and we got to see the Magna Carta, and the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, and Bill of Rights. We even got back in line to see it twice because the line was so long it felt like we barely got to look at it.

We left there and had lunch at the Rice Bar. It was really good and our first time trying Bibimbap. We then made our way to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This museum was truly heartbreaking - I have no real words on how best to describe it to you besides haunting.

We took an Uber to Founding Farmers for dinner and it was really good. It was $95 for two of us to have dinner. DC is quite expensive! Afterwards we came back to the Riggs and went to bed.