Fdr Memorial Reflection
Lastly, the third quote, I saw that impacted me was at the FDR Memorial. Carved into the stone, it stated, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” - Franklin D Roosevelt. FDR said included this quotation in his First Inaugural Address during the time of the Great Depression. FDR was telling the American people that their fear of the Great Depression was only making things worse during the financial crisis. This quote is meaningful to me because it made me believe that fear is all in your head and overcoming your fear will help you conquer your fear. Furthermore, this biggest impact the quote had on me was that it didn’t make me fear of going to a new school next year as much as I did prior to seeing this quote. This also connects
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The memorial that stood out to me was the Lincoln Memorial. I loved going to see the Lincoln Memorial at night because it was all lit up and glowing. This statue of Lincoln was so much bigger in person than what I had seen in pictures. I thought it was wonderful how the memorial contained meaningfully selected features to incorporate into the memorial to remember Lincoln’s life. Earlier that day, we went to the Newseum, a museum that was that promoted free speech and the First Amendment. Although this was a very intriguing museum, there were so many different displays and exhibits, it was hard to see everything. I personally didn’t like it as much because I was confused as to how everything in the Newseum was connected together. There were so many features built into the Lincoln Memorial which made it unique, such as the 36 columns representing the 36 states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death. On the other hand, the Newseum was packed with many different segments of information on various topics. I prefered the memorials over the museums because they are more concise and focused on one person or an event rather than museums, which I think had an overwhelming amount of
The memorial that stood out to me was the Lincoln Memorial. I loved going to see the Lincoln Memorial at night because it was all lit up and glowing. This statue of Lincoln was so much bigger in person than what I had seen in pictures. I thought it was wonderful how the memorial contained meaningfully selected features to incorporate into the memorial to remember Lincoln’s life. Earlier that day, we went to the Newseum, a museum that was that promoted free speech and the First Amendment. Although this was a very intriguing museum, there were so many different displays and exhibits, it was hard to see everything. I personally didn’t like it as much because I was confused as to how everything in the Newseum was connected together. There were so many features built into the Lincoln Memorial which made it unique, such as the 36 columns representing the 36 states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death. On the other hand, the Newseum was packed with many different segments of information on various topics. I prefered the memorials over the museums because they are more concise and focused on one person or an event rather than museums, which I think had an overwhelming amount of