Why is our graduation at Eagle Bank???!!!

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Anonymous wrote:It's been held there for some years now, no? Why didn't you complain five years ago?

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It's been held there for decades - since at least the 1980s if not before then. I've always thought how wonderful it is that we have access to this gorgeous and historic building. Our relatives across the country can't believe our kids get to graduate there.

Again, can someone chime in regarding what might be gorgeous about the venue??

And what if one is not that easily impressed??

It’s on the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places and a National Historic Landmark. It was designed by the architect of the Archives, the Jefferson Memorial, and the original National Gallery of Art. It’s the largest auditorium in the Nation’s Capital. It’s in a classic style, but was also renovated within the last decade.

So, putting aside the logistical challenges associated with hosting a graduation for a Virginia high school there, if you’re blasé about the building, you’re also basically blasé about the Nation’s Capital as well. Your choice, of course, but it’s no surprise that many others feel fortunate to have graduated or to have attended graduations there.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been held there for some years now, no? Why didn't you complain five years ago?

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It's been held there for decades - since at least the 1980s if not before then. I've always thought how wonderful it is that we have access to this gorgeous and historic building. Our relatives across the country can't believe our kids get to graduate there.

Again, can someone chime in regarding what might be gorgeous about the venue??

And what if one is not that easily impressed??

It’s on the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places and a National Historic Landmark. It was designed by the architect of the Archives, the Jefferson Memorial, and the original National Gallery of Art. It’s the largest auditorium in the Nation’s Capital. It’s in a classic style, but was also renovated within the last decade.

So, putting aside the logistical challenges associated with hosting a graduation for a Virginia high school there, if you’re blasé about the building, you’re also basically blasé about the Nation’s Capital as well. Your choice, of course, but it’s no surprise that many others feel fortunate to have graduated or to have attended graduations there.

DAR Hall is a special venue and the students that graduate from there are very fortunate indeed. I graduated on the football field. The loud airplane noise over the nearby Potomac river didn’t help. Guests were unlimited which was a plus, but it lacked the class of a DAR Hall, and the grandparents with limited hearing ability couldn’t hear much at all.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been held there for some years now, no? Why didn't you complain five years ago?

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It's been held there for decades - since at least the 1980s if not before then. I've always thought how wonderful it is that we have access to this gorgeous and historic building. Our relatives across the country can't believe our kids get to graduate there.

Again, can someone chime in regarding what might be gorgeous about the venue??

And what if one is not that easily impressed??

It’s on the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places and a National Historic Landmark. It was designed by the architect of the Archives, the Jefferson Memorial, and the original National Gallery of Art. It’s the largest auditorium in the Nation’s Capital. It’s in a classic style, but was also renovated within the last decade.

So, putting aside the logistical challenges associated with hosting a graduation for a Virginia high school there, if you’re blasé about the building, you’re also basically blasé about the Nation’s Capital as well. Your choice, of course, but it’s no surprise that many others feel fortunate to have graduated or to have attended graduations there.

Enormous excveption!

[Anonymous]

Wait until OP finds out that some Maryland graduations are being held at the Maryland Live venue, aka the auditorium/performance space of a casino.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.gazetteleader.com/fairfax/news/fcps-inks-five-year-deal-for-graduation-venue-6998493

Yay! Looks like DAR will continue to host graduations. Great news!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been held there for some years now, no? Why didn't you complain five years ago?

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It's been held there for decades - since at least the 1980s if not before then. I've always thought how wonderful it is that we have access to this gorgeous and historic building. Our relatives across the country can't believe our kids get to graduate there.

Again, can someone chime in regarding what might be gorgeous about the venue??

And what if one is not that easily impressed??

You seem... very odd. You are not required to be impressed. Just as many of us aren't impressed by a cold, impersonal arena or stadium. We're allowed to disagree, were you aware?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been held there for some years now, no? Why didn't you complain five years ago?

+1
It's been held there for decades - since at least the 1980s if not before then. I've always thought how wonderful it is that we have access to this gorgeous and historic building. Our relatives across the country can't believe our kids get to graduate there.

Again, can someone chime in regarding what might be gorgeous about the venue??

And what if one is not that easily impressed??

It’s on the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places and a National Historic Landmark. It was designed by the architect of the Archives, the Jefferson Memorial, and the original National Gallery of Art. It’s the largest auditorium in the Nation’s Capital. It’s in a classic style, but was also renovated within the last decade.

So, putting aside the logistical challenges associated with hosting a graduation for a Virginia high school there, if you’re blasé about the building, you’re also basically blasé about the Nation’s Capital as well. Your choice, of course, but it’s no surprise that many others feel fortunate to have graduated or to have attended graduations there.

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Well said. There's really no use trying to explain to some of these people what a special thing it is to graduate at DAR. They clearly don't see it that way, which is their loss.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been held there for some years now, no? Why didn't you complain five years ago?

+1
It's been held there for decades - since at least the 1980s if not before then. I've always thought how wonderful it is that we have access to this gorgeous and historic building. Our relatives across the country can't believe our kids get to graduate there.

Again, can someone chime in regarding what might be gorgeous about the venue??

And what if one is not that easily impressed??

It’s on the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places and a National Historic Landmark. It was designed by the architect of the Archives, the Jefferson Memorial, and the original National Gallery of Art. It’s the largest auditorium in the Nation’s Capital. It’s in a classic style, but was also renovated within the last decade.

So, putting aside the logistical challenges associated with hosting a graduation for a Virginia high school there, if you’re blasé about the building, you’re also basically blasé about the Nation’s Capital as well. Your choice, of course, but it’s no surprise that many others feel fortunate to have graduated or to have attended graduations there.

DAR Hall is a special venue and the students that graduate from there are very fortunate indeed. I graduated on the football field. The loud airplane noise over the nearby Potomac river didn’t help. Guests were unlimited which was a plus, but it lacked the class of a DAR Hall, and the grandparents with limited hearing ability couldn’t hear much at all.

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My parents were thrilled to go to DAR even though they're elderly. They, of all people, appreciated the history of the venue and the fact that their grandkids were graduating there. They've attended the graduations of their other grandchildren, held on school football fields in the heat, and said there is no comparison.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's been held there for some years now, no? Why didn't you complain five years ago?

+1
It's been held there for decades - since at least the 1980s if not before then. I've always thought how wonderful it is that we have access to this gorgeous and historic building. Our relatives across the country can't believe our kids get to graduate there.

Again, can someone chime in regarding what might be gorgeous about the venue??

And what if one is not that easily impressed??

It’s on the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places and a National Historic Landmark. It was designed by the architect of the Archives, the Jefferson Memorial, and the original National Gallery of Art. It’s the largest auditorium in the Nation’s Capital. It’s in a classic style, but was also renovated within the last decade.

So, putting aside the logistical challenges associated with hosting a graduation for a Virginia high school there, if you’re blasé about the building, you’re also basically blasé about the Nation’s Capital as well. Your choice, of course, but it’s no surprise that many others feel fortunate to have graduated or to have attended graduations there.

Enormous excveption!

Not really.
DP

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Anonymous wrote:Marshall graduation at DAR Constitution Hall:

Beautiful. Funny, this picture makes it look smaller than it is. It's actually very spacious.

Why is it "beautiful"? Because the lights are on? It looks jam packed, and not very comfortable. Never mind having to leave one's house at 7 AM to stand any chance in line. Yikes.

Look, you're entitled to your opinion, as am I. I think DAR is beautiful and I'm happy to have my kids graduate there. You are very unhappy - so go do something about it.

Why are you pretending to know anything about a poster? Are you told to sit in the kitchen barefoot and shut up - therefor, no dissent is tolerated? Absurd.

WTAF did I just read? You have some major anger issues that clearly go well beyond graduation venues.

You are inaccurate and also projecting.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Marshall graduation at DAR Constitution Hall:

Beautiful. Funny, this picture makes it look smaller than it is. It's actually very spacious.

Why is it "beautiful"? Because the lights are on? It looks jam packed, and not very comfortable. Never mind having to leave one's house at 7 AM to stand any chance in line. Yikes.

Look, you're entitled to your opinion, as am I. I think DAR is beautiful and I'm happy to have my kids graduate there. You are very unhappy - so go do something about it.

Why are you pretending to know anything about a poster? Are you told to sit in the kitchen barefoot and shut up - therefor, no dissent is tolerated? Absurd.

WTAF did I just read? You have some major anger issues that clearly go well beyond graduation venues.

You are inaccurate and also projecting.

Says the poster who actually said, "Are you told to sit in the kitchen barefoot and shut up - therefor, no dissent is tolerated?" No projection there, none at all!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Marshall graduation at DAR Constitution Hall:

Beautiful. Funny, this picture makes it look smaller than it is. It's actually very spacious.

Why is it "beautiful"? Because the lights are on? It looks jam packed, and not very comfortable. Never mind having to leave one's house at 7 AM to stand any chance in line. Yikes.

Look, you're entitled to your opinion, as am I. I think DAR is beautiful and I'm happy to have my kids graduate there. You are very unhappy - so go do something about it.

Why are you pretending to know anything about a poster? Are you told to sit in the kitchen barefoot and shut up - therefor, no dissent is tolerated? Absurd.

WTAF did I just read? You have some major anger issues that clearly go well beyond graduation venues.

You are inaccurate and also projecting.

Says the poster who actually said, "Are you told to sit in the kitchen barefoot and shut up - therefor, no dissent is tolerated?" No projection there, none at all!

Actually, I'm the breadwinner in the family, so wrong again. Your narratives are quite a bit off.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought all FCPS Schools graduated at DAR. Apparently not. Our school is doing their ceremony at GMU. Seriously? A horrendous venue in a mediocre part of Fairfax County. The arena is a literal box and feels like a warehouse more than a venue. Horrendous lighting and acoustics. FCPS is again cutting corners.

Because mean girls become mean moms, OP - and they want their way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought all FCPS Schools graduated at DAR. Apparently not. Our school is doing their ceremony at GMU. Seriously? A horrendous venue in a mediocre part of Fairfax County. The arena is a literal box and feels like a warehouse more than a venue. Horrendous lighting and acoustics. FCPS is again cutting corners.

Because mean girls become mean moms, OP - and they want their way.

This goes for both sides.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Marshall graduation at DAR Constitution Hall:

Beautiful. Funny, this picture makes it look smaller than it is. It's actually very spacious.

Why is it "beautiful"? Because the lights are on? It looks jam packed, and not very comfortable. Never mind having to leave one's house at 7 AM to stand any chance in line. Yikes.

Look, you're entitled to your opinion, as am I. I think DAR is beautiful and I'm happy to have my kids graduate there. You are very unhappy - so go do something about it.

Why are you pretending to know anything about a poster? Are you told to sit in the kitchen barefoot and shut up - therefor, no dissent is tolerated? Absurd.

WTAF did I just read? You have some major anger issues that clearly go well beyond graduation venues.

You are inaccurate and also projecting.

Says the poster who actually said, "Are you told to sit in the kitchen barefoot and shut up - therefor, no dissent is tolerated?" No projection there, none at all!

Actually, I'm the breadwinner in the family, so wrong again. Your narratives are quite a bit off.

And yet you’re the one who started in with the false (and bizarre) narratives in the first place. All because you’re throwing a tantrum. Very odd.