Today was our hands on history lesson. We chose our first visit to Hawaii to stay on Oahu so we could see Pearl Harbor. We took a boat ride out to the USS Arizona Memorial where 1,177 men died and are enshrined undersea. It was powerful! This is where World War 2 began for the US.

Afterwards, we took a shuttle over to the USS Missouri and took a guided tour aboard one of the last US battleships. The Instrument of Surrender was signed on board of the USS Missouri which ended World War 2. So we saw both the beginning and the end of the war in one day. Wow.

The best part was hearing J say that she could really understand history so much better by actually experiencing a part of it and not just reading about it out of a text book. That made the trip so worth it.


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Love is all you need…