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., Gettysburg, and Hershey Park.  It's a trip of a lifetime as they experience Arlington Cemetery, the Lincoln Memorial, the US Capitol, Gettysburg Military Park and so much more.

 May 17

• 5:00 a.m.  Meet at Beagle Middle School

• 5:30 Depart for Washington, DC on our charter buses from Dean Trailways of Lansing

• 11:00 Lunch

• 6:00 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon

• 6:30 Dinner at the Pentagon City Mall Food Ct. - Vouchers

• 7:00 Memorial Tour:  Jefferson, FDR, MLK Jr.

• 9:00 Depart for the Hotel:  

Embassy Suites by Hilton Washington DC Chevy Chase Pavilion

4300 Military Rd. NW Washington, DC 20015

May 18

6:30 am Breakfast

7:00 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

12:00 Lunch - Fireworks Pizza & Pasta Buffet

12:30 pm Depart for Mount Vernon 

• Mansion Tour

• Washington’s Tomb

• Slave Memorial

• Grounds Tour

• Museum
  
  

6:00 pm Dinner at Mount Vernon

7:00 pm An evening memorial tour:  WWII, Vietnam, Korean, and Lincoln

9:00 pm Drive back to the same hotel

Embassy Suites by Hilton Washington DC Chevy Chase Pavilion

4300 Military Rd. NW Washington, DC 20015

May 19

6:30 am Breakfast

7:30 am Depart for the US Capitol Building & Grounds

• Capitol Grounds Tour

• Capitol Building Tour

• Library of Congress Tour

• Supreme Court Picture stop

• Group Picture in front of the Capitol

12:00 pm Lunch at the Capitol

1pm Depart for the International Spy Museum

3pm African American Museum of History & Culture

5pm Depart for dinner at Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

9pm Depart for the hotel

Embassy Suites by Hilton Washington DC Chevy Chase Pavilion

4300 Military Rd. NW Washington, DC 20015

7am Breakfast

8am Depart for Fords Theatre

• Souvenir shopping

• Ranger Talk or Play

• Includes Peterson House

• Museum

11am Washington Monument base visit

11:30am White House Photo Op

12:30pm Smithsonian Museums down by the National Mall

• Lunch on your own - money provided

• Smithsonian National American History Museum

• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

• Air & Space Museum

5:30pm Depart for dinner and fun at Dave & Busters

Game card will include points for game play and unlimited video gaming

7:30pm Depart for the hotel

Crowne Plaza Harrisburg - Hershey 23 S 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

7am Breakfast

8am Depart for Gettysburg

• Freedom Rise Movie Reservations (9am, 9:15am)

• Cyclorama, souvenir shopping

• Gettysburg Battlefield Tour (10am)

  
  

12pm Depart for Hershey Park

• Boxed lunch on the bus

• 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

Meet at the Chocolate World entrance and depart for the hotel:

Crowne Plaza Harrisburg - Hershey 23 S 2nd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101

6am Breakfast

7am Depart for Home

1pm Lunch Hilton Garden Inn 8971 Wilcox Dr. Twinsburg, Oh 44087

330-405-4488 - Call with timing updates

6:00pm Arrival at Beagle Middle School