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Washington, DC Trip
2019
By Ch ar it y H.
Next year, AOA is going to take another trip
to Washington, DC! April 22-26, 2019 is the
date for this trip, and it will allow students
to survey the grounds of our beloved
capital. Marcia Klimes, a teacher at AOA,
has taken on the task of planning and
organizing this major trip.
According to Mrs. Klimes, the trip is
balanced on the hope that 20 participants
will be able to join and pay their way to
Washington. ?It's worthwhile to register as
soon as possible,? she said, ?There is no
other online school that has been able to
do a trip like this. It?s a great opportunity
for people to get together. You guys meet in
a variety of ways online, but this trip is a
way to physically meet your friends!?
Another exciting element of the upcoming
trip is the itinerary. ?We get to go to Ford?s
Theater!? Mrs. Klimes exclaimed. ?We?ll see
a presentation there, portraying what
happened the day Lincoln was shot.
Also, we?ll see Arlington Cemetery, the
Changing of the Guard, Mt. Vernon, the
Lincoln Memorial, Korean Memorial,
Jefferson Memorial, Vietnam Memorial,
Pentagon Memorial, the National
Cathedral, the Capital Building, and the
National Archives. We may also have the
chance to see the Museum of the Bible,
Alexandria, ?The Smithsonian National
Museum of African American History and
Cu lture,? or The National Zoo.?