Living History School Day

We appreciate your interest in the 2023 Living History School Day for regional home and private school students being held on March 24, 2023. This is an opportunity for students to view history in a new way! The purpose is to educate students about US military history from the Civil War to the present. The program has many demonstrations and displays that will excite and engage students while honoring our veterans and the sacrifices they made. Please complete this form to register and pay for your school or student. Spaces are limited.

The Living History School Day features two sessions (one morning and one afternoon) and 3 Camps! The full program will run from 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM with event check-in starting at 8:30 AM. Each session will last 2.5 hours with a lunch break in between. To accommodate more students and displays, we will debut a new format this year - students will be free to visit the stations of their choice but on a fixed rotation schedule.   A list of stations and a general station location map will be emailed to all registered participants approx. 1 week prior to the event.

The cost is $10 per student and $7 for each parent and extended family member. For private schools, 2 teachers/chaperones are free for every 10 students.  The cost is the same whether you attend one or two sessions.

The displays are divided into 3 Camps with 4 -5 stations each to allow time for interaction between the students and the presenters. Students will rotate through the stations at fixed intervals. The presentations are best suited for 2nd – 12th grades. Kindergarten and 1st grade students can register (as a convenience for parents with older children), but beware that each station will be last approximately 20 minutes with each session lasting 2.5 hours. Please take into account your child’s attention span and ability to focus when registering Kindergarten and 1st grade students.

• Camp Hood*: WWII Living History Display (US and British Airborne Encampment), Tanks and Historic Vehicles (WWI – Vietnam), and US Small Arms
• Camp Swift*: WWII Living History Displays – US Signal Corps, General Patton Van and Headquarters, US Navy Seabees and German Encampment
• Camp Travis*: Civil War Hospital, WWI Living History Displays (Salvation Army Donut Dollies, Allied and Axis Camps) and tour of WWI Trench

* – the final stations in each camp may vary slightly in response to the final event layout to allow for optimal flow of students and for social distancing (e.g., the German Camp and the Airborne camp might switch places). 

Registration will close on March 10 or when a maximum of 300 students have registered.

Life can disrupt the best-made plans, so we will refund registrations (minus the processing fee) when the cancellation request is received prior to 10 AM on March 10. After March 10 we will be unable to provide any refunds.

Private schools wishing to pay via check should email info@americangimuseum.org for registration instructions.

Participants may bring a lunch or pre-order a Chick-fil-A lunch ($7.00). You will be given the opportunity to place a lunch order during the registration. You can also come back at a later date and add lunches to your registration. The last day to add lunch registrations will be Friday, March 10 at noon.

For additional information, please visit our website: http://americangimuseum.org/events/living-history-school-day/

LOCATION

Museum of the American G.I., 77845