Hello again! I apologize for not having a post last week, but for good reason: Spring Break!
Click below to see lovely photos from Washington, D.C.
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Gallaudet University, the deaf college. We are spelling out "Spring Break" in sign. |
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Generic school bus labeled "School." |
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This is how you geek out a bunch of ASL kids.
We're all doing the 'a' and 'l' in sign like Lincoln. |
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Vietnam memorial. |
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Jefferson monument. We walked there from Lincoln's. It's much farther than it looks. |
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From inside Jefferson's monument. |
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The national cathedral. |
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From the gardens in the back. |
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Incredibly helpful map. |
So, I went to D.C. with members of the American Sign Language Society. We went to visit the deaf university, Gallaudet. We drove down on Friday, did touristy sight-seeing things until Tuesday, spent Tuesday at the college, then drove home Wed.
It was amazing. I have
literally thousands of pictures.
~JD