Forty Mitchell High School juniors visited Washington, D.C. earlier this month for an educational multi-day trip.
The first day was spent touring Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson. Upon arrival in D.C. on Saturday morning, the students started their walking tour with Lincoln, Vietnam Wall, Vietnam Women’s and World War II Memorials.
At the WWII Memorial, students saw an Honor flight ceremony of WWII, Korea and Vietnam War Veterans from Texas. At each of these stops, the students were in small groups and given information about the site from their chaperones.
Students received a bird’s eye view of the city from the Washington Monument and toured the Capitol along with visits to the Holocaust and Smithsonian Museum of American History.
On Sunday, the day started at the Marines War Memorial which depicts the flag raising on Iwo Jima during World War II.
At Arlington Cemetery, students witnessed the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns, viewed the eternal flame at President Kennedy’s grave, toured General Robert E. Lee’s House and saw Audie Murphy’s grave.
After touring George Washington’s home at Mount Vernon, the students visited the Jefferson, Franklin Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr.and Korean War Monuments. On the way home Sunday, students visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia.
Students who attended were Charley Ambrose, Dillon Barnett, Shedrick Barrow, Sage Biddix, Connor Birchfield, Ashlyn Buchanan, Mason Boone, John Boone, Andrew Brewer, Chrystal Carrillo-Garcia, Rylee Carver, Camron Cook, Deanna Duvalt, Faith Garland, Jeremiah Greene, Macie Greene, Ava Hendrixon, Andrew Hensley, Bryson Hodge, Brinkley Hodshon, Daniel Honeycutt, Tyler Hudgins, Kedren Hughes, Delaney Jenkins, Allison Johnson, Austin Kohler,
Elijah Laws, Addison McEntire, Ivory McKinney, Kaiden Newton, Finley Revels, Abby Richardson, Jordan Riddle, Annika Ryerse, Linsie Smith, Rheagan Thomas, Rachel Van Brederode, Rebekah Ward, Jacie Wyatt and Luke Yelton
The chaperones were Josh Dellinger, Jennifer Dellinger, Jennifer Barnett, John Boone, Katie Boone, Cole Chester and Matthew Hurd.