Q. What are the most common destinations visited on the trip?
A. Mount Vernon, Gettysburg and all the monuments.
Q. How many students are going on this trip?
A. 290
Q. What’s your favorite part of the trip?
A. My favorite part of the trip is Mount Vernon and Gettysburg.
Q. How many years have you been planning this trip?
A. One year this is my first year I’ve ever planned the trip
Q. Do you attend the D.C trip, if so for how many years have you been going?
A. Yes I do I have been attending it for 15 years at 2 different schools Lehman and Oakwood.
Q. How does bussing work and how long does it take to get to Washington D.C.?
A. There are 7 buses each bus has around 40 students. It takes about 6-7 hours but is longer because of rest stops.
Q. Any other things kids should know about the trip?
A. Just enjoy it and have fun. It’s a blast because you won't get to spend time with your friends again in this atmosphere so just enjoy it and have fun.
Fun Facts about D.C
Night at the museum 2 was filmed in Washington D.C and at the Smithsonian.
George Washington never lived in D.C. because the White House was completed a year after he dies. John Adams was the first president to live in the white house in D.C. *we will stand outside the white house*
You can come face to face with all 44 Presidents or pose with your favorite rock star or actress at Madame Tussauds Washington, DC.
DC averages 39 inches of rainfall a year — more than Seattle!
Instead of chiseling the "F" in "future," the letter "E" was mistakenly carved into Lincoln's second inaugural address on the north wall of the Lincoln Memorial. It has been touched up, but if you look closely you can still see the typo.
The Statue of Freedom is the bronze statue on the top of the U.S. Capitol dome. It looks small from afar, but it’s more than 19 feet tall and weighs nearly 15,000 pounds.
The original phone number for the White House in 1878 was simply the number 1. A phone wasn’t installed on the President’s desk in the Oval Office until 1929.
The only president buried in DC is Woodrow Wilson, who is entombed at the Washington National Cathedral.