Students will reinforce what they have learned in 8th Grade US History while they travel for 6 days and 5 nights to  Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Gettysburg, and Hershey Park.  It's a trip of a lifetime as they experience Arlington Cemetery, the Lincoln Memorial, Independence Hall, Gettysburg Military Park and so much more.

We celebrate the trip by having a blast at the award winning Hershey Park.

 May 11 

• 5:00 a.m.  Meet at Beagle Middle School
• 5:30 Depart for Washington, DC on our charter buses from Dean Trailways of Lansing
• 12:30 Lunch provided at Oakmont Plum Service Plaza, Milemarker 49.30 East
• 6:00 Dinner at the Pentagon City Mall Food Ct. - Vouchers
• 7:00 Memorial Tour:  Jefferson, FDR, MLK Jr., and a picture stop at the White House
• 9:00 Depart for the Hotel:  

Holiday Inn 10000 Baltimore Ave, College Park MD

May 12

6:45 am Breakfast

7:30 am Depart for Arlington National Cemetery

• Several sites within the cemetery

  • Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    • Including the Changing of the Guard Ceremony

  • Space Shuttle Crew

  • Kennedy Graves

  • Among others

• Iwo Jima Marine Memorial

10:45 am Depart for the US Capitol Building & Grounds

• Capitol Grounds Tour

• Lunch inside the Capitol

  • Premium vouchers (11:45)

• Capitol Building Tour 12:40, 12:40, 1:30, 1:30

• Library of Congress Picture Stop

• Supreme Court Picture stop

• Group Picture in front of the Capitol

3:00 pm Depart for Mount Vernon  Order #5778925

• Mansion Tour (4:00)

• Washington’s Tomb

• Slave Memorial

• Grounds Tour

5:30 pm Depart for Reagan International Trade Center for dinner

• Voucher included

6:30 pm An evening memorial tour:  WWII, Vietnam, Korean, and Lincoln

8:30 pm Drive back to the same hotel

Holiday Inn 10000 Baltimore Ave, College Park MD

May 13 

7:00 am Breakfast

8:00 am Depart for a White House picture stop

9:30 am Depart for Fords Theatre

• Souvenir shopping

• One Destiny Play (10:30 am tickets)

• Includes Peterson House

12:00 pm FBI Experience - Bus 1&2  at 12:00  and   Bus 3&4  at  12:30

J. Edgar Hoover Bldg 935 Pennsylvania Ave NW 

Boxed lunch will be provided as groups wait for each other.

1:30 pm Depart for the National Cathedral 2:00, 2:05, 2:10, 2:15 tours

3:00 pm Smithsonian Museums down by the National Mall

• Smithsonian National American History Museum

• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

5:00 pm Depart for dinner at Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

9:00 pm Depart for the hotel

Holiday Inn 10000 Baltimore Ave, College Park MD

May 14      Depart for Philadelphia

7:00 am Breakfast

8:00 am Depart for Philadelphia

10:00 am Constitution Center

•  Signer’s Hall

•  Freedom Rising Show (10:45 show)

•  Constitution Museum

• Civil War & Reconstruction Exhibit

12:30 Depart for lunch at Philly’s Gourmet Steaks

1:30 Liberty Bell Exhibit

2:30 Independence Hall

• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the  Revolutionary War in Washington Square,

• Independence Hall (3:00, 3:20, 3:40, 4:00)

4:45 pm Double Decker Bus Tour - will pick up in front of Constitution Center

6:00 pm Dinner at Dave & Busters

8:00 pm Depart for the hotel

Hotel: Harrisburg Hilton,  1 North 2nd St. Harrisburg, Pa (717) 233-6000

May 15

6:30 am  Breakfast

7:30 am Depart for Gettysburg

8:00 am Gettysburg Battlefield Tour (8:30 Reservations 1.5 hours)

Freedom Rise Movie Reservations: Bus 1 & 2: 10:45, Bus 3 & 4 11:00

Cyclorama, souvenir shopping

12:00 pm Lunch at Gettysburg, then depart for Hershey Park

Hershey Park closes at 8:00

Chocolate World closes at 8:00

Zoo American closes at 4:30

The Boardwalk (waterpark) is not open until Memorial Day

8:00 pm Meet at the Chocolate World entrance and depart for the hotel

8:30 pm Depart for Harrisburg Hilton,  1 North 2nd St. Harrisburg, Pa (717) 233-6000

May 16

7:00  breakfast

8:00  Depart for Home

2:00  Lunch at the Hilton Garden Inn 8971 Wilcox Drive, Twinsburg, OH 44087

7:00 p.m.  Approximate arrival at Beagle Middle School