The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or Tomb of the Unknowns is a monument dedicated to deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified. It is in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Courtesy photoEDUCATION News:
Registration opens for this year’s annual 8th grade spring break trip to Washington, D.C. This trip is available to Los Alamos Middle School and home school 8th grade students.
The trip is a private trip and not school sponsored.
Sign up online at www.worldstrides.org using ID Number 173688 or call 1.800.468.5899 using the same ID Number.
The trip includes round trip transportation, sightseeing transportation in and around Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Md., all meals and admissions, hotel accommodations, night chaperones in hotel and accident and health insurance.
Highlights of the trip include the White House, International Spy Museum, Capitol tour, Newseum, Pentagon Memorial, Washington Monument, Holocaust Museum, Smithsonian Museums, National Zoo, Arlington National Cemetery, night tours of the Presidential Monuments, Iwo Jima, Korean and Vietnam Memorials, National Aquarium in Baltimore and much more.
The trip is four days and three nights in duration. The group stays in a five star hotel in Crystal City, minutes from the DC sites.
Direct questions regarding the Washington, D.C trip to Roberta Cocking at 505.670.0679. For additional information, see Facebook, LAMS Washington D.C. Trip.
A Washington, D.C. spring break trip informational meeting for Los Alamos Middle School and home school students and parents is scheduled for 3 p.m. after school Friday, Aug. 30 in the LAMS media center.