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World War 2 Memorial: A Short Story
I was so excited to go to the Washington D.C with my friends. When we arrived there, I was a field of numerous pink cherry trees around the tidal basin. Suddenly, rangers from the National park Service greeted us and asked “Want to learn about the cherry trees?”. “Sure,” we answered. I was so fascinated by them. When the park ranger was done speaking, we decided to go to the World war 2 Memorial.
We arrived at the World War 2 Memorial and was heartbroken when the ranger told us “405,000 people lost their lives in this war and the wall of gold pays tributes to them.” He also told us that theres a rainbow pool framed by 56 granite columns representing unity. “Look at that!” my friend told. With the wall of gold, there was a dedication reading

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