Gulf Shores Students Witness History

Middle school teacher Debbie Kenyon's classroom is a pretty popular place these days. Between classes or during, people want to see the pictures and hear the stories of a what she calls, "a field trip of a lifetime." A first hand account of Barack Obama inauguration.
"It was a memorable experience that I'm sure we'll have forever and I'm hoping that my students will understand the significance of it. I think they understand it a little bit now but as they get older I think they will understand it a whole lot more," says the civics teacher.
Students we spoke with were still buzzing about their trip to witness history. Eighth grader Maggie Woodley was there, "I was a part of history and I enjoyed it."
Eighth grader Brooks Mason made his first trip to Washington, "I was there when Barack Obama was inaugurated and it was really cool."
The biggest impression made on Alexis Rodrige was by the President himself. "The biggest thing I think will leave footprints on my heart, even though it was on the jumbo-tron, just getting to watch Barack Obama talk. He has always been so charismatic with his speeches. It makes you want to cry."
The crowds were unbelievable. The temperature in the teens but this was the best civics class they could have asked for according to seventh grader Anthony Ferry. "I was there whenever he was inaugurated, sworn in to office on the national mall right in front of the capitol building."
Not only did the students get to witness history they got to walk through it, with trips to the Smithsonian, Arlington National Cemetery and the Capitol building all crammed into their four days in D.C.