By Rob Pressel

Today we had a not so sunny day in Dallas. After breakfast in Little Rock we began the drive to Dallas, TX. For the first half of the trip most of us fell asleep. After a quick bathroom stop, we watched the movie, “Thank You for Smoking.”…

By Zach Banov and Eric Chyette

Today’s early morning began with a light breakfast at the local Holiday Inn Express before driving off to the historic Graceland. After taking the shuttle to the mansion, we traveled throughout the seemingly infinite hallways, guided by our audio head sets. The majestic house…

By Brianna Wolin

From the moment I got the itinerary for the summer, I knew that the day in Mississippi and Tennessee would be one I would never forget.

After a 2.5 hour ride from Birmingham, Billy spoke into the loudspeaker on the bus and said, “Etgar 36, welcome to…

By Maddy Feiner

Today we had an eventful day in Alabama. It is very hot down here but very beautiful and rich in history.  First stop was the Rosa Parks Museum. The thing that affected and stood out to me at this museum was the holography movie that recreated the…

By Melissa Seltzer

As our first full day of Etgar 36 began, we set off to the Pencil Factory to discuss the story of Leo Frank. We were standing at the site where in 1913, Leo Frank, a white Jewish man who managed the factory, was accused of murdering a…

By Lucas Gradwohl

Today we woke up and went to what might have been the best museum yet. We went to the National Holocaust Museum. Even though a lot of us have been there before, it was still very moving. One thing that stuck out to me was a line…

By Sarah Fox

Today, as we were driving into DC for our first meeting, Billy got all of us ready for the concert tonight by playing many Paul McCartney and Beatles songs on the bus.

We began the day by meeting with the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH). NCH…

By Brian Burstyn

Today was our second full day in Washington DC and it was just as packed as yesterday. We were on the bus by 8:45 AM. We first met with NARAL Pro-Choice America, which is an organization that is a Pro-choice lobby. We met with the Pro-life group…

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Dinner was our choice tonight as we were let loose to roam Georgetown. We scowled the streets in a West Side Story-esque fashion minus the choreographed finger snapping. After free time, we returned to the center of our nation’s capital for a nighttime tour of…

By Nathan Sacks

As Etgar 36 nears its end, it seems that the days become more packed with intense and enlightening meetings. We got on the bus for our first meeting at the Heritage Foundation. They are a lobbying group dedicated to preserving the conservative values of this nation and…