- Date
- 2005
- Kind
- Education
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityeducationtransportationhistorycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In 2005, 18 people from Beaver Island joined a mainland group on a bus trip to Washington, D.C. The itinerary combined historical sites at Flight 93 and Gettysburg with guided visits to major Washington memorials and Arlington Cemetery.
Evidence limits
The article gives no exact departure date and is a participant’s travel narrative, not a complete roster or independently documented itinerary.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, November 2005, "A Bus Trip to Washington."Peg Hoogendoorn reports 18 Island travelers joining a mainland group for a multi-day bus trip through the Flight 93 site, Gettysburg, and Washington memorials, including the FDR, World War II, Vietnam, Iwo Jima, Korean, Lincoln, and Arlington sites. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the travel report and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Island residents take a bus trip to Washington, D.C., 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-washington-dc-bus-trip-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2005, "A Bus Trip to Washington." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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