8th Grade East Coast Trip 2011: 05/24/11

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

fredom trail

the freedome trail is a 3 1/2 mi one way self tour. their are 16 stops along the way. the trail is made of brick and some times just a red line painted on the ground. about every 50 feet there are placks (like the one in the pic) that says freedom trail. it starts in the Boston commons and ends on buncker hill. we only traveled about 1 1/2 of the trail and then went to look at other monuments like the old north church (in the pic) this is the church that the lights were hung to tell paul revere what path the british army was taking to concort. they were going there to go take the wepons that the colinests were storing. the colinests army was all farmers and yet they won and ambushed them all the way back to boston. -Matthew

The Plimoth plantation was very well protected because it had a fort with 7 long

The Plimoth plantation was very well protected because it had a fort with 7 long cannons and a large wall surrounding the settlenent.

-Seth

The Freedom Trail is a series of paved bricks that are laid out in a path. This

The Freedom Trail is a series of paved bricks that are laid out in a path. This path, passes throughout all of Boston. It spannes from the Boston Commons to the Bunker Hill Monument. Along the way we passed more monuments then I could count.
-Seth

This is a replica settlement of what Plimoth life was like. It seems pretty hard

This is a replica settlement of what Plimoth life was like. It seems pretty hard.

Our pledge...

At the location of George Washington's inauguration, facing our country's financial center, the New York Stock Exchange, we stop foot traffic as we give a pledge of our own. - G

This is a surviving piece from 9/11. it was dug up from the wreckage left by the terrorists.
even though its looks like wreckage, it is still art. by miles

Dinner and a Show

An evening in New York, dinner and a new musical on Broadway, Spiderman! -G

Wall Street

Our trip leader, Steve, describes the history of the New Amsterdam settlement that eventually became our country's largest city. We learned about the wall that eventually became Wall Street. -G

Central Park (Henry)

The prettiest park I've ever been to. It is fun to climb the rocks, look at the runners, the horses, kids, or just the woods. I could live here.

One World Trade Center

As we near the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I wondered how our students would react to visiting Ground Zero. Most on our trip were only 4 years old on that tragic day. They seemed to be most interested in the future and snapp?ed many pictures of the construction of the One World Trade Center. -G

Central park, very nice and green. Very healthy to be walking around in the nice air.///. Ibrahim

The Famous Statue of Ben

-G

This building is called the one world trade center. It was once called the twin towers. It was hit on 9-11 in Osama Binladin terrorist attack. They are trying to get it done before 10th aniversery of the attack.

I'm a Toys R' Us Kid!

We all rode the ferris wheel at Toys R Us in Time Square last night! -G

Food Overload!

This dinner from last night is still taking its toll. And no, I didn't eat it all. Cheesecake was awesome! -G

Wall Street (Henry)

The place that ruined our country... it is really cool to see all the huge banks and the big boys. I could definitely see all the money. There were security guards at every building preety much, and there were a lot of people.

This pointy building in the middle that is pointy is the empire state buding, the tallest building in new york///. Ibrahim

Statue of Liberty (Henry)

This is just plain beautiful. We saw the world famous statue of liberty and Ellis Island.

This is a monument of george washington becuase this is where he started. It was the capital for one year.

We just went on a ferry and saw america's most recognizable monument: the statue of liberty
we also saw ellis island and now we are walking through the city
-Hunter

This was a globe that was made. Wgen 9/11 happened, everyone thought it wd be destroyed, but it was not destroyed, instead it survived and it is a memorial of 9/11

new york home of the empire state buliding and a nice sky line! -matthew

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This is the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty was made by a famous Irish

This is the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty was made by a famous Irish architect that has made two other statues that are much like it. The statue is made of copper that has turned green over the years. It used to be shinier than a new penny.The inerdes of the statue are several observation decks that are connected by many spiral staircases. Tourists can go up in it to look out on the harbor and the city. It is a beacon for all those who travel to New York by sea and air. It is Lady Liberty.

Lady Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was given to us 100 years after our independence from Britain. When given to us, the statue was originally copper. Due to oxidation, it turned green.

the statue of liberty is a gift by france to celibrate the U.S.A 100th year of freedom their are 3 statues around the world one here in NY, one in france, and one in las vegas! -Matthew