McLean County
Diversity Project

Gettysburg




 

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The Civil War was the backdrop as students traveled by train to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 2002.  $11,000 was raised to help cover trip costs.  The trip included extensive tours of the actual battlefield and visits to the Farnsworth House, the Jennie Wade House, the Eisenhower Farm, adn the National Park Service Visitor Cente.r  STudents learned about and discussed the emotional and physical events that marked the Civil War and the entire era.  Extensive diverstiy training took place during the entire trip.