Learn – Explore – Have Fun!

Meeting dates/times: Last Thursday of each month in E113 at 3:05

Discuss history outside of the classroom setting and learn how it relates to today

Explore history by reading, discussing and visiting sites and events

Guest Speakers:College Professors, other history experts…

Have fun by traveling to experience history all around us

Go to local plays, events, movies and activities that will further our understanding of history.

Day or overnight trip to Springfield: Abraham Lincoln MuseumOld State CapitalGrave site and more

Illinois Holocaust Museum – Skokie, IL

June 11-14, 2012

Round-trip airfare to/from Washington DC

4 days/3 nights in DC area hotel

Coach bus transportation to all activities

Breakfasts and Dinners included

Day 1:Airplane to DCVisit the Smithsonian

Museums (your choice)Air/Space, Natural

History, African Art, American History, Art Museum, Portrait Gallery, Native American

Night Tour of Washington MemorialsLincoln, Vietnam, WWII,

Korean War

Day 2:Travel to GettysburgGuided Tour of

Gettysburg National ParkSite of Lincoln’s

famous speechGettysburg Museum

and Visitor CenterReturn to

Washington DC

Day 3:Guided Tour of

Washington DCArlington CemeteryWashington MonumentFDR MemorialWhite House Photo

StopVisit to Mt. Vernon

(George Washington’s Home)

Evening Activity of Touring DC

Day 4:Possible Options:1.Visit Capital Hill

U.S. CapitalSupreme CourtLibrary of Congress

2.U. S. Holocaust Memorial MuseumThe Holocaust

permanent exhibitionNational ArchivesDepart for Chicago

$1,073