Photos from previous years.

This course offers students the opportunity to take their required US History course in a different environment. Following their academic class-time, students will travel to Gettysburg, Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York City, Baltimore, and Boston. During the travel experience, students will be camping at commercial campgrounds and preparing about one-half of their meals. The course cost of $TBA will cover all transportation, camping, and entry fees for historic attractions.

SAMPLE U.S. HISTORY FIELD STUDY

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
8:00 AM Check in at Martin’s Supermarket, North Point Mall
Say hello to your Cardinal bus driver Tom Franks
8:30 AM Hit the Road
11:30 AM Rest Stop
12:30 AM Lunch
3:00 PM Arrive at Pittsburgh KOA Campground (1-724-722-4444)
764 Waltz Mill Road , Ruffsdale, PA 15679

THURSDAY, JUNE 19
7:00 AM Pancake Breakfast ($5.00 per person)
11:00 AM Visit the Gettysburg Military Park Museum and Visitor Center
11:30 AM Explore the National Military Park Cemetery
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Tour Gettysburg National Park (1-877-874-2478)
7:30 PM Arrive at Williamsburg KOA (1-800-KOA-1733)
4000 Newman Rd., Williamsburg, VA 23188

FRIDAY, JUNE 20
9:00 AM Jamestown Tour (1-888-868-7593) Order # 20379535
11:30 AM Lunch
12:00 PM Williamsburg Exploration and lunch
3:00 PM Depart for Washington D.C.
6:45 PM Arrive at Pohick Bay Regional Park
6501 Pohick Bay Drive, Lorton, VA 22079

SATURDAY, JUNE 21
10:00 AM Naval Academy Tour – Annapolis (410-293-8687)
(you will need a photo ID, no back packs)
12:15 PM Lunch in Annapolis
3:00 PM Explore Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
8:00 PM Moonlight Monument Tour – Marine National Memorial,
Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Wall, Korean War Memorial,
World War II Memorial

SUNDAY, JUNE 22
10:00 AM National Zoo
12:30 PM Smithsonian Air and Space Museum /Lunch
3:00 PM Washington Naval Yard (202-433-4882)
5:30 PM Dinner at the Pentagon City Mall
7:30 PM The Awakening
8:15 PM F.D.R. Memorial, Jefferson Memorial
9:15 PM Visit Reagan National Airport (wind factor in effect)

MONDAY, JUNE 23
9:45 AM National Archives Tour
11:30 AM Lunch at the Old Post Office
1:00 PM United States Holocaust Memorial Reservation # 12810
3:30 PM Washington National Cathedral
5:15 PM Dinner in George Town
7:00 PM Laundry and Grocery shopping at Sudsville

TUESDAY, JUNE 24
9:00 AM Supreme Court Tour and Lecture
10:00 AM Tour US Capitol (202-224-5623) Allison Price
12:15 PM Meet Senator Bayh - Russell Building 131
1:15 PM Lunch at Union Station
3:15 PM Lay Wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
3:45 PM Tour Arlington Cemetery
7:10 PM Nationals vs. Angels at Nationals Park (Inaugural Season)
(202-640-7652) Alia Short
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
9:30 AM Tour US Mint
10:30 AM Explore the Independence Hall Visitor Center
10:45 AM Liberty Bell
12:00 PM Lunch at the Bourse (Philly Cheese Steak Time!)
12:45 PM Tour Independence Hall (1-877-559-6777)
Reservation # 4-330800
2:00 PM Tour Penn University
4:00 PM Depart the City of Brotherly Love
7:00 PM Arrive at Battle Row Camp Ground (516-572-8690)
Claremont Road, Old Bethpage, NY 11804

THURSDAY, JUNE 26
8:30 AM Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
12:30 PM Lunch at the South Street Seaport
2:00 PM Ground Zero
8:00 PM Blue Man Group (212-260-8993)

FRIDAY, JUNE 27
5:30 PM Arrive at the Boston/Cape Cod KOA (800-562-3046)
Box 616, Middleboro, MA 02346
7:05 PM Wiffle Ball Game

MAIL CALL
SEND TO: ELKHART HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT NAME

SATURDAY, JUNE 28
8:00 AM Depart for Boston
10:00 AM Freedom Trail Walking Tour
11:00 AM Bunker Hill Challenge
11:25 AM Old Ironsides / U.S.S. Constitution
12:15 AM Lunch in Quincy Market
2:00 PM Granary Cemetery, Harvard, State House, Massachusetts 54th
3:00 PM Harvard Tour

SUNDAY, JUNE 29
1:00 PM Explore Plymouth Rock
2:00 PM Sail with Captain John (1-800-242-AHOY)
6:00 PM Seafood dinner

MONDAY, JUNE 30
8:00 AM Depart Boston
5:30 PM Arrive at Niagara Falls KOA Kampground (800-562-0787)
Reservation # 50801
2570 Grand Island Blvd., Grand Island, NY 14072
8:30 PM Walk along the American side of the falls

TUESDAY, JULY 1
8:30 AM Arrive at Niagara Falls
9:00 AM Maid of the Mist
10:15 AM Homeward Bound
7:00 PM Martins Parking Lot - Kiss Your Ma Ma!!

PICK UP AT NORTH POINT MALL AT
7:00 PM

FINAL CLASS
7:30 AM ---TUESDAY, JULY 8
FINAL TRIP EXAMINATION & EXIT PROJECT DUE

LOST PERSON PHONE NUMBER IS:
574-370-5171 or 574-849-7255
Bus Driver’s Phone 260-414-7085

Listen to WTRC weekdays at 8:35 AM
for trip updates!

United States History
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See our internet web site at:
http://ushistorytrip.com