HONORS+HISTORY+-+D.C.+Trip

** TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. ** ** Tentative Itinerary - MARCH 30, 2012 ** - Visitor’s Center – security check, film, displays, food *lunch? [|www.visitthecapitol.gov/Visit/Restaurant/] ($$ cost paid by student – food also available at other venues from 1-4pm) 11:50 & 12:20 – Capitol Building tour National Air & Space Museum à [|www.nasm.si.edu] National Museum of the American Indian à [|www.nmai.si.edu] (click à //Visitor Information// à //NMAI Washington,DC// ) National Museum of American History à [|www.americanhistory.si.edu] Museum of Natural History à [|www.mnh.si.edu] Nat. Mus. Of African American History & Culture à [|www.nmaahc.si.edu] (opens 2015)
 * BERWICK **** AREA HIGH SCHOOL **** HONORS SOCIAL STUDIES **
 * 5:20am –5:40 ** – student drop off, check-in and bag check (Varsity Gym)
 * 5:45am ** – Depart BHS (prompt)
 * 10:30am ** – arrive in Washington, D.C. – U.S. Capitol Building [|www.aoc.gov]
 * 1:00pm ** – 4:30pm Choose from one of the six options below:
 * __ Museums __** **Tour one or more of the Smithsonian Institute’s collections on the National Mall (No admission fees) à [|www.si.edu/museums/]

**__Museum-NPG__** (separate from above)** National Portrait Gallery/American Art Museum (no fee) à [|www.npg.si.edu/inform/visit.html] (after viewing general info click on Exhibitions) Ford’s Theatre à [|www.nps.gov/foth/] Peterson House (house where Lincoln died) (no fee) Other locations – decided amongst group (no fees)


 * __ US Holocaust Memorial Museum __** –not available

**map available [|www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/upload/NACCmap1.pdf] (53% to print) Descriptions of monuments: [] Lincoln Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial [|http://thewall-usa.com/index.asp#search] Korean War Memorial Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial [|www.mlkmemorial.org/] FDR Memorial [|www.nps.gov/frde/index.htm] Jefferson Memorial [|www.nps.gov/thje/index.htm] WW II Memorial [|www.wwiimemorial.com]
 * __ Monuments __** – Walking tour (3.5 miles) of the monuments on the National Mall (no fees)

[] - click on //__Historical Information__// for a directory of those interned here: thousands of military veterans, 2 Presidents, Challenger Astronauts, military heroes, explorers, Pierre L’Enfant and the Tomb of the Unknown soldiers - for information on the Changing of the Guard ceremony - click on à //__ Ceremonies __// - scroll to //Sentinels of the Tomb of the Unknowns// - click on à //More//
 * __ Memorial __** – Walking tour of Arlington National Cemetery (No admission fee)


 * __ Mini-Marathon __**** ** ** – Walking view of the White House, Old Executive Office building, memorial parks, statues, WW II Memorial and Washington Monument (4 miles)


 * 4:30pm-use of Metro(subway system-[|www.wmata.com])to Arlington Cemetery to meet bus ** ($2.15-cost included)
 * 5:00pm ** - dinner at O’Donovan Dining Hall, Georgetown University. ([|www.campusdish.com/en-US/CSE/Georgetown/ResidentialDining/] $15.00-cost included)
 * approx 6:30 pm ** – depart DC area
 * approx 11:30pm ** - arrive at BHS (Varsity Gym)

Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Articles

__Washington, D.C.__ – “A Brief History of Pierre L’Enfant and Washington, D.C.” by Kenneth R. Fletcher. May 1, 2008 < [] >

__Washington, D.C.__ – “History and Heritage” < [] >

__Washington, D.C.__ – “Landmarks and Points of Interest” < [] >

__U.S. Capitol building__ – “Capitol Fellow” by Fergus Bordewich December 2008 < [] >

__Arlington Cemetery__ – “The Battle of Arlington” (How Arlington Cemetery Came To Be) by Robert M. Poole. November 2009. Adapted from //On Hallowed Ground// by Robert Poole 2009 Walker & Company. < [|http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Battle-of-Arlington.html#] > __Arlington Cemetery__ – Video “The Residents of Arlington” < [] >

Library of Congress: __first map labeled with “America__” – “Putting America on the Map” (The Waldseemuller Map – Charting the New World) by Toby Lester. December 2009 < [] >

__National Museum of the American Indian__ – “By the People” by Thomas Hayden September 2004 - “A Long Time Coming” by Ben Nighthorse Campbell. September 2004

__National Portrait Gallery__ – “Back to the Future” by Adam Goodheart. July 2006 < [] > __Museum of American Art__ – “Grand Reopening: Speaking of Art” by Arthur Lubow. July 2006 < [] >