HHS STAND DC Trip '13 - Day 1

HHS STAND embarked on a trip to DC for March 9-11, 2013. After getting up early (~4am) to catch a 7am flight from Boston, we made it to the Hyatt Arlington by 9:45, and started our trek through DC. Our path started at the Iwo Jima Marine Memorial and then through Arlington National Cemetary, crossing the Potomac to the Lincoln Memorial and a walk up to the Washington Monument. We spent a couple hours visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and then walked the mall to take a tour of the Capitol. [new statue of Rosa Parks, sitting on Lee's spot on the old House floor, staring down a statue of Jefferson Davis across the room] After a ride back to Arlington on the Metro and dinner at Ruby Tuesday, we had a discussion about Sudan and the conference and got to bed early, ready to lose an hour of sleep to daylight savings time.