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Caption: WASHINGTON DC Visiting the Washington Monument was the group's first stop.
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Caption: "While you're walking through the Holocaust museum, you can feel their pain; it causes the most powerful emotions."
-Ariella Appleby
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Caption: "The monuments were the essence of patriotism, and I'm glad I was able to experience a part of history."
-Kristen El Sayegh
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Caption: "Today made me appreciate the veterans who fought for us during World War II."
-Isabella Barrientos
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Caption: [I'm] so grateful for new experiences and the opportunity to visit historically famous places unlike anything I've seen before."
-Matt O'Malley
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Caption: "Seeing the Abraham Lincoln Memorial with my friends was amazing because it was on my bucket list."
-Rachel Lamkin
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Caption: "Every generation of my family has fought in war, and the WWII memorial really put into perspective how lucky I am that all of them came out alive."
-Jill Holt
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Caption: "Traveling across the country with my two best friends for something we all love to do, are the moments I live for, the moments I write for."
-Olivia Grahl
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Caption: "Being around the people that care so much about the same things as you, while being in a place that is so important to what we do as journalists, is a priceless feeling."
-Carsen Van der Linden
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Caption: "Walking through the holocaust museum not only informs you, but it creates a life long feeling of sorrow for the ones who were killed and confidence that you'll never let it happen again."
-Morgan Hawkins
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Caption: "I met Ray Chaffee, he is a navy veteran who served two years in Korea and two years in WWII. He came from Arizona to share his story and to be honored for his service with a all expense paid trip to Washington D.C"
-Robyn Rosenfeld
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Caption: "I can finally check off riding the metro from my bucket list."
-Sarah Martinez
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Caption: "I never imagined that I'd get the opportunity to go to Washington DC and participate in a program such as the National High School Journalism Convention that I have so much passion for."
-Jocelyn Hanks
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Caption: "After the museum, I will never see the events taken place during the Holocaust the same. It was a life changing experience."
-Rachel Marquardt