2014 Kansas 4-H Citizenship Washington Focus: Sunday, June 29, 2014

Today we started the day off at 7:30 from our Philadelphia hotel. We took off to see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. We learned about all the history of the making of the Declaration of Independence and even saw the rooms it was made and signed in. We walked through a little museum and learned the history of the Bell and then finally go to see the bell. It was really cool to see it! We also learned that it takes twelve strong men to lift the Liberty Bell. Tyler Blythe enjoyed a little cat nap after looking at the bell. Being in Philadelphia we had many delegates that had to enjoy a Philly Cheesesteak. They were very good! After enjoying lunch in the city we hopped on the bus and headed to DC We checked in at the National 4-H Center as found out rooms. After some games of basketball against Minnesota and a meeting with our PA we got into our color groups. We talked about current issues and started writing our bills. We then joined our groups for our committees and started planning our different events. The pin trading was a blast! Getting pins from all the different states was really neat. We then had a little recap meeting about what happened today and what is happening tomorrow. We then all headed off for some much need rest.
Shelby VenJohn