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Wicked Blue

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35. Sounds nice!

Reply to wishstar (Reply #33)

Sun Jan 1, 2023, 02:04 PM

Jan 2023

I never visited the Statue of Liberty until we moved from NJ to Maryland. This despite living within 45 miles of NYC for half my life.

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What were your favorite school field trips? [View all] Wicked Blue Dec 2022 OP

Well, it wasn't the field trip to the slaughter house in Kansas City. El Supremo Dec 2022 #1

Aaaack Wicked Blue Dec 2022 #3

The Science Museum in St. Paul. They had a mummy and dinosaurs. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #2

United Nations was good! elleng Dec 2022 #4

I remember wanting to be a translator when I grew up. Wicked Blue Dec 2022 #7

A fine goal! elleng Dec 2022 #9

Ditto, in German Wicked Blue Dec 2022 #15

We bussed it to Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell IcyPeas Dec 2022 #5

In 8th grade, my class went to Gettysburg. When I was in grade school only the 8th grade took a debm55 Dec 2022 #6

and the same to you! Wicked Blue Dec 2022 #8

USS Constitution Submariner Dec 2022 #10

Wow, that must have been a great trip. bottomofthehill Jan 2023 #24

We didn't have many. The did take us to see Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. rsdsharp Dec 2022 #11

Oh, yes, we saw that too Wicked Blue Dec 2022 #14

No they didn't. Had they done so, I might have learned something rsdsharp Dec 2022 #17

rsd, in 9th grade, we were scheduled to go to see the film. Some parents complained because of a sex debm55 Dec 2022 #18

Yeah. A sex scene. She rolled over in bed. rsdsharp Dec 2022 #19

We read the play first in class so I couldn't see what the big deal was. I really wanted to see it. debm55 Dec 2022 #22

It really was a great film. rsdsharp Dec 2022 #23

I remember field trips to the Miami Seaquarium..the Monkey Jungle Deuxcents Dec 2022 #12

Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh to see the dinosaurs. nt doc03 Dec 2022 #13

Always, took my classes there. debm55 Dec 2022 #16

Betty Crocker test kitchen in Minneapolis zeusdogmom Dec 2022 #20

Our local PBS affiliate TlalocW Dec 2022 #21

Monterey Bay Aquarium sakabatou Jan 2023 #25

Irish Catholic kid from Boston bottomofthehill Jan 2023 #26

Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, from a small town in Wisconsin. Archae Jan 2023 #27

Georgia O'Keeffe retrospective - Chicago Institute of Art BluesRunTheGame Jan 2023 #28

The Planetarium! I love the Planetarium. I still go every year. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #29

We went to the Dreyfus planetarium in Newark, NJ Wicked Blue Jan 2023 #31

Nine Mile Nuclear Power plant in Oswego whistler162 Jan 2023 #30

like you, the Museum of Natural History in NY ... surrealAmerican Jan 2023 #32

Did you see the printers wearing their traditional square hats? Wicked Blue Jan 2023 #34

Yes. surrealAmerican Jan 2023 #37

Best trip included West Point, Hyde Park (FDR's place), and NY State Capitol in Albany wishstar Jan 2023 #33

Sounds nice! Wicked Blue Jan 2023 #35

The only one that actually qualifies as a field trip wnylib Jan 2023 #36

Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Luciferous Jan 2023 #38