There will be an optional trip to Gettysburg from 1:00pm to 7:00pm on Monday before the conference.  Make sure you check off this activity on the conference registration form to reserve your space(s).  The cost will be $25/person, including transportation and tickets.  Please register on the conference registration form and also let Dale know that you are planning on attending.  It is estimated that it will take approximately 45 minutes each way from the hotel.  The first stop will be the renovated Visitor Center and Museum to see an orientation movie, and then a two hour tour with a Licensed Battlefield Guide and Military Historian.  Gettysburg National Military Park is a 6,000 acre park with 1,328 monuments, the largest collection of outdoor sculpture in the world.  For more information, go to www.gettysburg.com and www.gettysburgfoundation.org.  PLEASE NOTE:  If you are interested in going on this field trip, please let Dale Kaplan know ASAP.  There will be a checkoff box on the registration form, but Dale needs numbers ahead of time for planning purposes.  Deadline is May 28 to get reservation information and payment to Dale.  Send checks to:  Dale Kaplan, Kaplan's Careful Cleaners, 3607 Market Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011.  Contact Dale as soon as possible to let him know you are interested:  717/737-0572, cell 717/979-7787, kaplans1@aol.com.  

There will be an optional free guided tour of the Capitol on Tuesday morning from 9am to 10am.  Make sure you check off this activity on the conference registration form so that your spot(s) are reserved for this tour.  Meet in the hotel lobby at 8:45am to walk over together.  Go to Capitol Tours and Welcome Center for more information.