We woke up to a snowy morning and it continued to snow almost the whole day, didn't stop until like 16:00. We went ahead with our plan to visit the Arlington National Cemetery today. We saw the eternal flame at President John F. Kennedy gravesite. It looked a bigger space than I remembered seeing 10 years ago in April of 1995 when I was taking the trip with one of my highschool clubs. We also went to the Tomb of the Unknowns and saw the change of the guard ceremony, which takes place on the hour. Also, the 21st Ohio that marched during the presidential inauguration parade on Thursday also performed the ceremony of laying a wreath. One of them told me that the great grandfather of vice president Dick Cheney was also in the 21st Ohio.
The office of congressman Kenny Marchant arranged for a White House tour for us today at 16:00 but because of all the snow, the White House cancelled all tour at about 15:00. I guess they want to let all the staff go home early since it's a Saturday anyway.
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