Christina’s Journey Journal

This and that around the USA (Arizona and Washington DC)

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San Tan Valley, AZ over Thanksgiving week in 2024

We spent Thanksgiving with our sons in Arizona and did some hiking at Santan Mountain Regional Park. Nothing like 75 degree Fahrenheit weather with no humidity, lots of sunshine and plenty of saguaro cactus 🌵 along the path!

Then on to our nation’s capitol where it was cold and we were lucky to be there the night of the Capitol tree lighting.

An 80 feet Sitka Spruce arrived by rail from Alaska’s Tongass National Forest and was decorated with ornaments made by children from across the country.
The National Archive Museum made me shed a tear thinking about the birth of my country.
Here is the Bill of Rights. 🇺🇸
The Constitution of the
❤️United States of America💙
This is one of four surviving originals of the 1297 Magna Carta. Ironically, it’s much more legible than our Bill of Rights and Constitution and nearly 500 years older!

The Magna Carta was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. This document shaped our nation by establishing that people can assert their rights against an oppressive ruler and the power of government can be limited to protect those rights. This document sits right below our constitution in the National Archive Museum.

Philanthropist David M. Rubenstein donated the Magna Carta where it’s proudly displayed in its own area. Interesting fact—it was previously owned by H. Ross Perot, who loaned it to the National Archives for decades.

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