Finding Significance: D.C. Day 2

So today, I went to the singles ward here. There were 250 people! I've never been in a ward that big, but apparently that is common here. Also, I've been wondering why everyone in D.C. is short, but I discovered today that all the tall people are Mormons! There were many tall people at church, male and female. There were guys and girls as tall or taller than me, and I loved it. I already made a friend named Emily and committed to join the basketball team. (YESS basketball!)
After church, I hopped on the metro and went back to the Newseum to use up the second day I had left on my ticket. I know some people might say that's not the best Sunday activity, but I really did feel the Spirit there. I finished looking at the FBI exhibit and saw replicas of show bombs.

And a poem written by a convicted terrorist to his prosecutor during his trial (scary!)

On the walls of the girl's bathroom are awkward headlines, like these:

And this picture was in the sports photo sections:

Lol!

Outside the newseum is that day's front page of every state's newspaper. So of course I went and found the one from Washington!

Then I had to ride the big glass elevator all the way up to the 6th floor. Due to my fear of heights, I stood in the very center of the elevator and as far away from the glass walls as possible. The higher we got, the dizzier I got until we arrived on the sixth floor, the one with the large balcony. Sixth stories up from the street, the view was beautiful, but the dizziness and fright were nearly intolerable. I hugged the building and stood back as far as I could from the edge as I took pictures. I walked down the patio to get a picture from another angle, and I nearly screeched as the loose concrete tiles rocked under my feet. I edged closer to the edge and stopped when I was a foot away from the railing. Yes, the railing was nearly as tall as my chest, but I was still terrified of falling off. I managed to take these pictures though.

The next photo was a little harder. I figured this would be the best time and place for me to get a picture of myself in front of the capitol building, and some girl offered to take my picture if I would take hers so..... Don't underestimate me when I say that it took all my self-control and courage to do this...

And don't underestimate me when I say that that smile contains gritted teeth, and my hand is clutching onto that railing for DEAR LIFE.

So naturally, after that, I moved as quickly as I could to the next floor which was the fifth and was closer to the sweet, blessed ground.

The next exhibit, which was probably my favorite, displayed news publications from various important dates in history, starting with the first one in like the 1400's or somewhere in there. And... they had an original page from the Gutenberg Bible!!! The original page is the left of this replica I think..

Next is one of the first newsbooks. Newsbooks were like newspapers but they only covered one thing. These ones covered the treaty of Madrid in 1526 and something to do with Martin Luther in 1546.