Earlier this year, members of the 8th grade class took a trip to Washington DC. They left on March 29th early in the morning and came back late April 1st. On the trip, led by Mr. Don Regan, they got to experience the monuments and sights that the nation’s capital has to offer. 

About forty students went on the trip. It was a great experience for them to see what they had been learning about in history. Earlier in the year they had talked about Mount Vernon and other nearby landmarks. Many students commented about how they liked being able to see what they were being taught instead of just reading about it.

On the first day of the trip they went to the Capitol and Library of Congress. At the end of the day they also stopped to visit the Lincoln Memorial.

The second day of the trip they started by going to Arlington National Cemetery, and saw the eternal flame and the changing of the guard of the unknown soldier. After lunch they went to Mount Vernon before ending the day off with a spooky ghost tour.

Early the next day the group visited the White House and the Washington Monument. They finished off the day by going to the National Archives where they got to see the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence that they had learned about earlier in the year. Before going back to the hotel they visited several museumss about art history and science.

The group returned home the next day but not before they visited the Martin Luther King Jr. monument and the Franklin Roosevelt memorial.

Jackson Graves said “Just hanging out with friends” was his favorite part of the trip, while Mary Lee Nicols advised students, “Go if you’re interested to learn about the history of D.C.”