LONDON PORTSMOUTH NORMANDY

PARIS MUNICH

WORLD WAR II IN DEPTH

June 18-27, 2019

Park Tudor School’s Legacy Initiative Project welcomes members of the

Park Tudor community, alumni, students and friends for an extraordinary trip from London to Munich to experience the history-changing events on the Western Front 1939-1945—this is a great way to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. Information Session Tuesday, Aug. 28 6 PM

US 229 (Please rsvp to [email protected]) or call Kathryn Lerch at

317-251-8661 for more information

This trip in primarily intended for adults, but students who are highly motivated to learn more about WWII in Europe, are also encouraged to apply. Students who wish to practice their French/German language skills, love history, or have participated in the WWII Military History electives in 2017 or 2018—this is a great opportunity. The trip is tentatively scheduled for June 18-27, 2019. In order to guarantee an important trip discount of $100, one should register prior to Oct 1st. In order to guarantee our own bus and departure date, 25 registrations must be done prior to Oct. 1st. Our departure city will be Indianapolis, unless participants wish to arrange independent flights to/from Europe.

Attached is a trip flyer PDf with detailed information.

See additional information about optional monthly evening sessions for adults/students, or other aspects of this trip, see page 3. Kathryn Lerch has led three earlier WWII trips to Europe. She has taught World Civ/European history and German for more than twenty years at PT; she continues to teach Military History and is the director of the Legacy Initiative Project. Email: [email protected] home phone: 317-251-8661

Note: Students/parents must complete a brief pre-registration form and then be approved by the school administration/business office prior to registering with ACIS. Forms will be available on 8/28 or by request through email.

This will be an exceptional tour, especially with centrally located 3-4 star hotels and some wonderful local food, and special guides. 2017 WWII Trip travelers Jim & Jody Turner, Pat & Vinton Dove and others joined a similar tour—but this tour promises to be even better! Kathryn Lerch

The special early enrollment date is October 1st, 2018. Enrolling by this deadline allows you to take advantage of the $100 Early Registration Discount we currently have on the trip, so please don’t miss this deadline if you are serious about participating.

We are planning in advance to ensure that this opportunity is affordable and available to as many students as possible. In addition to leaving more time to plan and save, this early deadline offers the lowest price available for our program and the opportunity to “lock in” departure fees. Enrollment by October 1st, 2018 guarantees that you will see no price increases, as it means ACIS will be covering any potential fuel cost increases by our date of departure, for early enrollees.

We selected this tour with value and budgets in mind. The program is designed to include as much as possible up front, so that we both maximize our time abroad and avoid costs overseas. I am happy to take the time to coordinate this program, because I believe this opportunity will be a life changing experience for your children. It is a rare chance to explore beyond the classroom, and I hope everyone can participate. Please be mindful of the upcoming deadline and let me know if you have any questions as we approach it.

Here is the link to our trip website http://www.acis.com/tripsite/?key=RFJjUDZxSFYzOGpTRHBPZWZZOD0%3D&code=WHS On it you can review all the important details as well. Adults may enroll by clicking on the yellow “Register Now” button at the top of the page and using my group id: 91527 and last name: Lerch Students must complete a pre-registration form first. The turn-around on this will be quick.

Best, Kathryn Lerch

Optional Adult Monthly Evening Discussion Sessions 2017-2018 There will be monthly evening sessions for registered adult travelers. Meetings will include information about travel to England, France, and , but the focus will be military history topics. There will be opportunities for group discussions based on the reading list. These meetings will provide a good historical foundation. It is also imperative that everyone attend the few required meetings so that when we depart mid-June 2019, we will travel smoothly and safely!

Schedule of Info & Discussion Sessions Aug 28, 2018 6:30 pm Informational Meeting in Upper School 229 is open to all interested adults, students, alumni, and Indianapolis community. Registration final deadline Dec. 1, 2018 WWII History: England, D-Day and Normandy to Munich Study Sessions & Trip Orientation for registered participants Weds Sept 19 7:00 – 8:15 “Five Days in May” Churchill’s crisis & Blitzkrieg tactics & War on the home front: Mrs. Milburn’s Diaries; Bletchley & Enigma Weds Oct 24 7:00 – 8:15 The Channel & U-boat warfare; Operation Sea Lion & Channel Islands; Atlantic Wall; “The Few” & Battle of Britain & the Blitz; Churchill’s speeches Edward R Murrow’s “London Calling” Weds Nov 14 7:00 – 8:15 Americans in Paris (WWII); Operation TIGER in Britain; building Phoenixes for Arromanches and other beaches; Band of Brothers clips

Weds Dec 5 7:00 – 8:15 Combined operations; D-Day and problems; Utah, Omaha and Pointe du Hoc

Weds Jan 9, 2019 7:00 – 8:15 Caen liberation; Falaise Gap; Liberation of Paris; Saving the Louvre; De Gaulle, the French Resistance & Jedburgs;

Weds Feb 13 7:00 – 8:15 Odds & ends; Crossing the Rhine, Operation DRAGOON in southern France Weds Mar 13 7:00 – 8:15 Munich Conference 1938; 1924 & Mein Kampf; Dachau and liberation

Weds Apr 10 7:00 – 8:15 / Eagle’s Nest Berghof; end of the war

Thurs May 30, 2019 7:00 – 8:15 Trip details, packing, money exchange, credit cards, etc. Q & A Required Required meeting for all students & parents; other travelers Trip logistics and final preparations; journals, travels items distributed; “team” assignments and chaperones

June 18, 2019 Estimated departure date All registered adult participants will also receive an annotated reading list.

World War II In Depth

Jun 18 - Jun 27, 2019 Group Leader: Kathryn Lerch Group ID: 91527 Depart From: Indianapolis

what’s included our promise Daily Breakfast and Dinner Round-Trip Flights In educational travel, every moment matters. Pushing the (unless otherwise noted) experience from “good enough” to exceptional is what we do Centrally Located Hotels 24-Hour Tour Manager every day. Our mission is to empower educators to introduce their students to the world beyond the classroom and inspire the London Tour with Guide Pointe du Hoc next generation of global citizens. Travel changes lives . St. Paul’s Cathedral Paris Tour with Guide Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Eiff el Tower Top Floor cultural connections Museum Paris Dinner Voucher HIGHLIGHTS waiting to happen D-Day Museum Munich by Bike Portsmouth-Caen Ferry Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Munich by Bike Arromanches 360 Degree Theater Nuremberg Documentation Center with From history-fi lled old streets to the paths of the Englischer American Cemetery at Colleville- Audio Guides Garten, explore Munich’s hidden gems by bicycle. sur-Mer Berchtesgaden “Our tour guide was phenomenal; he went above and beyond my expectations. His knowledge of the area and the history behind it was most impressive.” Matthew L. Participant

www.acis.com | [email protected] | 1-877-795-0813 trip itinerary - 10 days Jun 18, 2019: Overnight Flight Depart from the USA. Jun 19, 2019: London Welcome to London! Meet your ACIS Tour Manager, relax, unpack and begin to explore the city’s unique neighborhoods. Perhaps check out the street markets along Portobello Road in Notting Hill; explore the paths of Hyde Park or the mansions of nearby Belgravia; visit the Imperial War Museum; or stroll along the artsy South Bank. (D) Jun 20, 2019: London This morning, learn about London’s majestic past and fast-paced present on your guided sightseeing tour. See Trafalgar Square, the Houses of Parliament and Whitehall, the Prime Minister’s at Les Invalides and the magnificent Arc de Triomphe at the top neighborhood. Along the way, our guide will point out more of the Champs-Élysées. Then ascend to the third floor of the modern sites like the Gherkin, the Shard, and the Cheese Grater— iconic Eiffel Tower for views over this magnificent city. In the all new buildings changing the London skyline. Another highlight evening, you’ll have an opportunity to explore more of Paris’s of the day is a tour inside St. Paul’s Cathedral. Sir Christopher charming arrondissements at your own pace. We provide a meal Wren’s architectural masterpiece is an enduring symbol of London, voucher and insider suggestions so you can dine with the locals in large part due to its surviving the Blitz in 1940. If you have time, at a neighborhood bistro. (B,D) your ticket includes access to climb to the top of the dome. In the Jun 24, 2019: Munich afternoon, visit the Cabinet War Rooms, the underground complex We’ll wing our way from Paris to ’s capital city of Munich. which served as a command center for Britain’s military operations Upon arrival, get oriented with a Munich by bike tour that during WWII, with all the important information and inside stories provides a unique perspective on local life in this bustling city. provided via audio guide on personal headsets. Kept exactly as Pedal down historic old streets, peek into delightful courtyards, they were upon Japan’s surrender in 1945, the war rooms provide ride along the city’s river and explore the popular 910-acre a unique time capsule into the history of that turbulent period. In Englischer Garten, one of the world’s largest urban public parks. the evening, take time to reflect at the illuminated war memorials (B,D) along Whitehall and the Thames Embankment. (B,D) Jun 25, 2019: Munich Jun 21, 2019: Caen Enjoy a full-day excursion to Nuremberg. En route, visit the We journey first to the seaside town of Portsmouth to learn the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial, the first of the Nazi English perspective at the D-Day Museum there. Later, we board regime’s concentration camps and a poignant reminder of the ferry to France, porterage included. After dinner aboard the man’s potential for inhumanity. Then in Nuremberg view the ferry, we’ll drive to Caen for a night’s rest. (B,D) Zeppelintribüne at the Nazi Party Rally Grounds, followed by a Jun 22, 2019: Paris look at the Palace of Justice, where the infamous Nuremberg Today walk in the footsteps of history as you visit many of war trials were held from 1945 to 1949. Then enjoy the historical Normandy’s important World War II sites. See what remains of the insight given by audio guides on your visit of the Nuremberg temporary Mulberry harbor constructed at Arromanches to help Documentation Center, a museum that provides socio-political offload cargo during the invasion. Entrance to the Arromanches context for the Nazi reign of terror. Return to Munich in time for 360 Cinema is included. Next you can pay tribute to the heroic dinner. (B,D) fallen at the American Cemetery and Memorial at Colleville-sur- Jun 26, 2019: Munich Mer before descending from the bluff to walk along Omaha Beach, A short drive south takes us to the former U.S. military resort where American troops suffered some of the heaviest D-Day of Berchtesgaden, and, ironically, to Adolph Hitler’s nearby losses. You might even be able to picture the chaos of June 6, 1944 mountain retreat of Kehlsteinhaus or Eagle’s Nest. (Please note at the bomb-scarred landscape of Pointe du Hoc. Later, journey that Berchtesgaden is only available in the summer and will be onward to Paris. (B,D) replaced with a tour of the Hallein Salt Mine when not available) The drive down into Salzburg along the Berchtesgadener Ache is Jun 23, 2019: Paris particularly spectacular and you’ll have the rest of the afternoon In Paris, you are never far from history and this afternoon, a local to explore this musical city’s palaces, shop on the Getreidegasse expert introduces you the city’s most famous monuments—from or hang out along the grassy banks of the . Then head the Gothic wonder of Notre Dame to Napoleon’s final resting place back to Munich to enjoy your final evening of this thought provoking week abroad. (B,D) Jun 27, 2019 : Departure learning objectives Depart for the USA. (B) 1. Students will consider the impact of the rise of the Third Reich and its This is a preliminary itinerary for your group. policies. 2. Students will gain an understanding of WWII history and Winston Churchill’s important leadership through the war years during a visit to the Cabinet War Rooms.

3. Students will better understand the horrors of the Holocaust by visiting Dachau Concentration Camp and learning about the rise of the Nazi party. tour cost Participant Fees Program Fee $5027 Early Registration Discount $-100

Total Participant Fees2 $4927 ² Valid through 10/01/18, with initial deposit of $200 for passengers registering before September 1, or $495 for passengers registering on or after September 1

Additional Fees (as applicable) Adult Surcharge $95 Single Room Supplement $760 Double Room Supplement $360 Ultimate Protection Plan $300 Comprehensive Protection Plan $250

notes from acis •Save $50 off your Total Participant Fees if you pay for your trip by E-Check or through our Automatic Payments Plan. •All registered participants can enjoy the convenience, security and savings of having payments automatically withdrawn from a checking account by enrolling in an Automatic Payments plan. To learn more, visit www.acis.com/autopay •Adult travelers age 24 and older should add in the Adult Surcharge and Double or Single Room Supplement to calculate their Total Participant Fees. •This educational travel program is not school or district sponsored unless expressly stated by the Group Leader.

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