students stand in front of a replica of the White House at Lincoln's museum

TMS History Club wrapped up their annual trip last week! The group consisted of forty 8th graders and ten adults. They visited various historic sites related to the life of Abraham Lincoln and events of the 1850s and 60s. Among the cities they went to were Springfield and New Salem, Illinois, as well as Lexington and St. Louis, Missouri. Students behaved excellently and represented our school and community very well. A special thanks to bus drivers Diane Helm and Carrie Koch, as well as sponsors Jayme Wright, Alicia Stoltenberg, Steve Weiser, Debbie Holloway, Laura Kidwell, Richard Agnew, and Kathy Harrell.

five students holding a top hat, standing in front of American and State of Illinois flagsstudents listen to a tour guide on the Underground Railroadstudents sit inside a darkened log cabintwo students wearing top hats stand next to a Route 66 signstudents stand in front of the Battle of Lexington Visitors Centerstudents sit on granite steps of a stone buildingstudents stand together in front of a log cabinstudents riding a circular amusement park ridestudents stand together under a tree; a wooden barrel is in the foreground