THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012

TODAY WE WENT TO THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM AFTER CLASS. WE TOOK THE TUBE TO THE MUSEUM. WHEN WE ARRIVED WE SAW TWO MASSIVE CANNONS AT THE ENTRANCE. THEY WERE ABOUT 15 METERS LONG AND 1.80 METERS TALL AND THEY FIRED BULLETS THAT WERE HALF A METER IN DIAMETER. INSIDE THE ENTRANCE HALL THERE WAS A GREAT SHOW OF CANNONS AND TURRETS. THERE WAS ALSO A WIDE COLLECTION OF TANKS AND AIRPLANES THAT HUNG FROM THE CEILING. THERE WAS A VARIETY OF EXHIBITS FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR UP TO THE GULF WAR. IT WAS ALL VERY INTERESTING AND EDUCATIONAL. YOU COULD SEE THE UNIFORMS AND WEAPONS THAT WERE USED THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT WARS. YOU COULD ALSO GO INTO A TRENCH THAT LOOKED REAL. WE ALSO SAW THE HISTORY OF THE CREATION OF THE INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE SERVICES THROUGHOUT HISTORY. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. AFTERWARDS WE WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE WERE WE HAD AN INTERESTING TALK ABOUT CHINA.

BY: KEVIN REDMOND