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.

Thursday, June 17

4:30 am Meet at Lowell High School (LPAC entrance)

Check in - Students only in the building, parents wait outside

Meet your chaperones and load buses

5:00 am Depart for Washington, DC

7:30 am Oasis on the Ohio Turnpike (Students are encouraged to pack a breakfast to eat on the 

bus.)  There will be only limited time to make purchases.

1:00 pm Lunch Taco Bar at a Hotel TBD

4:30 pm Gettysburg 2 hour guided tour of the battlefield and Cyclorama

7:00 pm The Barn Resort (Farmhouse Restaurant) for dinner. 

8:30 pm Depart for Hotel

Hilton Garden Inn Gettysburg 1061 York Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325

Friday, June 18

7:00 a.m. Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Depart for Washington D.C.

9:30 a.m. Arlington National Cemetery

• Several sites within the cemetery

  • Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

  • Kennedy Graves

  • Robert E. Lee House

  • Space Shuttle Crew

  • Among others

12:00 p.m. Iwo Jima Marine Memorial

12:30 p.m. Lunch at Hard Rock Cafe

2 p.m. Ford’s Theatre 

• Ranger talk

• Museum

• Peterson House

• Souvenir Shopping

3 p.m. Depart for the Smithsonian Museums 

-American History Museum or Natural History Museum

5:30 p.m. Dinner at the Reagan International Trade Center

6:30 p.m. Memorial Tour:  Lincoln, WWII, Vietnam and Korean

8:30 p.m. Depart for the hotel

Saturday, June 19

6:30 a.m. Breakfast

7:30 a.m. Depart for Mt Vernon

9:00 am Mt Vernon

• Grounds tour 

• Mansion Tour 10am

• Educational Center

11:30 am Depart for the US Capitol Building & Grounds

• Lunch Inside Capitol (Voucher included)

• Capitol Grounds Tour

• Capitol Building Tour (Time TBD)

• Library of Congress Picture stop

• Supreme Court Picture stop

• Group Picture in front of the Capitol

3:30 pm Depart for United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

5:00 p.m. Depart for Medieval Times Dinner Tournament and Theatre

9:00 p.m. Drive back to the same hotel

Sunday, June 20 - Depart for Philadelphia

6:30 am Breakfast

7:30 am Depart for Philadelphia

10:00 am Eastern State Penitentiary

11:45 a.m. Lunch at Philly’s Gourmet Steaks

12:45 pm Depart for Independence Square

• Liberty Bell exhibit

• Unknown Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Memorial

• Independence Hall

4:00 pm Constitution Center, Signer’s Hall, Freedom Rising Show, Constitution Museum

5:00 p.m. Double Decker Bus Tour

6:30 pm Dave and Busters

Columbus Blvd

8:30 p.m. Depart for the hotel

Hotel:  Best Western Premier: The Central Hotel & Conference Center

800 E Park Drive Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17111 United States  

717-561-2800

Monday, June 21 

8:00 am Breakfast

9:00 am Story time with Ole Bess

10:30 am Depart for Hershey Park

11:00 am Hershey Park    

• Lunch and Dinner Voucher Included

• Depart for Best Western Premier, Harrisburg upon park closing TBD

Tuesday, June 22 

6:00 am Breakfast

7:00 am Depart for home

12:00 pm Lunch at Hilton Garden Inn 8971 Wilcox Dr Twinsburg OH 44087 phone:330-405-4488

7:00 p.m.  Approximate arrival at Lowell.