Day6

Today was the third day of adventures and much longer for those delegates who traveled long distances to reach the National 4-H Youth Conference Center. If I may say so, today was the most awe-inspiring thus far.
We headed to Iwo Jima, Arlington, and the FDR Memorials all before lunch. Our P.A. told us a true story about a man that stood at the bottom of the Iwo Jima Memorial to pay respects to his father. Our bus driver, Don, drove the round-about around the monument that honors the lost in the battle for Iwo Jima, Japan. The story told of each of the six men raising our proud flag. Three of the six made it home - most of them as young as seventeen. The story definitely struck reality into our hearts, most of us the exact age of the fallen.
While FDR told of Roosevelt's Presidency, Arlington pulled heart strings as we saw the tomb stones stretched out as far as our eyes could see, standing in perfectly straight lines. What got many of us the most, was watching the changing of the guartd and spotting a fallen hero being lead to his or her final resting place. Leading just ahead was this person's family, including two small children. We'll never forget sights like these.
We arrived back at the National 4-H Center for our workshops and committee meetings. Many of us worked on writing bills in our workshops to be sent to the government committees for discussion and improvements.
Town Hall was presented to us tonight. We were split into groups and given topics for discussion, just like in an actual town hall meeting. Many of the topics got pretty heated (like abortion and the legal drinking age), and when everything had been said and done early, some brought up an interesting question: crunchy or smooth peanut butter?
Fun was had by all at the Derby this afternoon! Many activities were set up by the Healthy Living Committee (Thanks Guys!).
We learned how to make a "smart" action plan and follow through in our delegate group meeting. We had to plan out a first date. Randy had his first date on paper! Let's hope he had a lovely time.
We also received our CWF Polos tonight. Hopefully we'll get to wear them to the Air Force Band tomorrow, providing that it doesn't rain.
Oh, and do you hear that noise? Sounds like it's a game of extreme spoons in the hall tonight! :)

Ashley Davis