Thank you to Terry Frees for donating this artifact to the Copemish Area Historical Society. This is one of several artifacts Terry donated related to his time as a student at Copemish High School.
You can read a full transcript of Terry's essay below:
I am going to tell you a little about our trip.
We had been planning our Senior trip to Washington D.C. for a long time and at last we have succeeded.
At 1:00 Thursday morning (April 29) all of us met at Denise Bigelow's for breakfast. We left Copemish at 2:40, picked up Mr. & Mrs. Jewett at their home and were on our way at 3:20.
Mrs. Cutler paid for our first tank of gas, which we appreciate very much. Thank you Mrs. Cutler. We went into Canada at Port Huron, over the Blue Water Bridge. We arrived at Niagra Falls, Canada, around 3:30. After dinner we saw the falls while they lighted them.
We left Niagra Falls early Friday morning, and traveled through New York and part of Penn. At 2:00 we were at Watkins Glen where we opened a mysterious little envelope given to Nancy Myers by Mrs. Chaney. In this envelope was enough money to treat we Seniors and our Chaperones to a Dairy Queen.
That night we stayed in a little town outside of Williamsport, Penn, where we had trouble finding cabins, because of a State Vocal Contest. But the owner of the motel where the Seniors usually stayed made arrangements, so we all had a place to sleep for the night.
Saturday morning we started for Gettysburg. We reached Gettysburg about 4:30, we then went on a guided tour of the old battle grounds.
Then we were on our way again, as we were riding we kept thinking, Washington here we come. When we got to our cabins, it was too late to go anywhere, so we went to bed.
Sunday we went to the Smithsonian Institute, the Capitol, the Library of Congress and the Washington Monument which is 555 feet high. After dinner we went to the Warren Theater to see Cinerama. It is the advice of us Seniors , if you have a chance to see Cinerama, don't miss it.
Monday morning we were sleepy, but Mr. Jewett knew just the thing to wake us up. He took us to the Printing and Engraving Bureau.
Mount Vernon was our next stop. There we saw George Washington's home. On our way back we stopped in Alexandria and saw the Masonic Temple and the Christ Church that Washington and Lee attended.
After lunch we went to the Arlington Cemetery and saw the change of guard at the tomb of the unknown soldiers. As it was so hot in Wash., we went swimming at the Ambassador Hotel.
That night after dinner we went for a boat ride up the Potomac River. Tuesday as we were heading for the Luray Caverns we stopped at the White House. After visiting the Luray Caverns we drove 32 miles on the Skyline Drive.
Our next day was at the Lee Jackson Motel in Winchester, Va.
Wednesday morning as we were leaving Winchester we saw Wash. Survey Headquarters and also the tavern where he had his headquarters during the Revolutionary War.
We turned on the Penn. Turnpike at Breezewood and traveled 165 miles on the turnpike. The 2 tunnels we went through on the turnpike were about a mile long.
That night we stayed 7 miles of Akron Ohio. After dinner we went to the show.
Thursday morning we started out bright & early. To celebrate getting back in Michigan we had a large dinner at Remus, Michigan.
When we got home we were a tired, but happy group.
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