D.C. Day 2 - part 2

Here are a few more really old, awesome documents:

<Original 16th century translation of The magna carta!!

The first protest to censorship in the media ^

An original copy of John Locke's "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding"

So, next I went to the 9/11 exhibit. Here is a news tower found in the wreckage:

Here is plane parts found in the wreckage

Here are cell phones found in the wreckage that were reported as still ringing for days after 9/11:

So the last thing I wanna talk about is the memorial to all the journalists killed in the field.  This is what it looks like:







Yes, all those photos are photos of journalists who have died in the field. I stood and offered them a moment of silence, and my silent tears fell in honor of them.  It was so spiritual and touching, the most inspiring thing I've felt in quite a while. 

It just reminds me why I want to be a journalist.  The same reasons these people died for.  The truth, the good of the public, the preservation of democracy.  The Newseum is the best place I could have visited before starting as an intern at a news publication.  Journalism is the coals that keep the fire of democracy going, and I hope I can always be a part of that.