8th Grade Washington, DC Virtual Trip

8th Graders- We know you look forward to the Washington, DC Trip throughout your middle school years and the cancellation of your trip due to COVID-19 is a huge disappointment. We put together some virtual tours so you can still check out the sites you would have visited. 

Gettysburg
The National Parks Service created a virtual tour. Check out the link below:

​Memorials & Monuments
Click on the links below for more information:

Capitol Hill

Holocaust Museum

Students generally visit an exhibition called: "Remember the Children: Daniel's Story"
​https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/museum-exhibitions/remember-the-children-daniels-story

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour

Smithsonian "The Star Spangled Banner"

On September 14, 1814, U.S. soldiers at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry raised a huge American flag to celebrate a crucial victory over British forces during the War of 1812. The sight of those “broad stripes and bright stars” inspired Francis Scott Key to write a song that eventually became the United States national anthem. Key’s words gave new significance to a national symbol and started a tradition through which generations of Americans have invested the flag with their own meanings and memories.
https://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/ 
​https://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/star-spangled-banner

Smithsonian Museum of American History: https://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/online

Smithsonian: Air & Space Museum

https://dcphotoguide.com/smithsonian-national-air-space-museum-mall/

Mount Vernon, George Washington's Home

Arlington National Cemetery, Changing of the Guard

Ford's Theatre: The site of the Lincoln Assassination

National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception