By Lillie Kline

This morning, we drove 5 hours from Dodge City to Denver. In order to prepare for our visit to Columbine, our discussion with Tom Mauser on gun control, and our future meeting with the NRA, we watched Michael Moore’s movie, “Bowling For Columbine”. We have learned to …

By Maya Shimony

Our day started in Dallas with a visit to the Women’s Museum. The museum honored women from different eras and time periods. There was an exhibit of famous women in sports and a timeline of important events in the search for equality for women that has spanned …

By Ben Pisik

We woke up at 8:15 AM and were all surprised to see the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile outside our hotel. It was funny to hear everyone sing their song.

Our first stop was Graceland, the mansion where Elvis lived when he became famous. We got our headphones and …

By Greg Tourial

Today we started by leaving Birmingham and traveling to Tupelo… the birth home of Elvis Presley. We walked around his shotgun shack house and read about his elementary school years. Billy also led a discussion with us on the history of rock and roll and the importance …

By Ethan Hassenfeld

“And this is Etgar 36” was what the little voice in my head said to me when I woke up this morning. After breakfast and a two and a half hour ride we arrived in Montgomery, Alabama.

Stepping off our home on wheels, the Rosa Parks Museum …

By Kimmie Kochman

Our journey began by meeting with a historian at the spot where a Jewish man named Leo Frank was lynched in 1915. He told us that there were 400 documented lynchings during the early 1900s and only one was of a white man and it was Leo …

Airport arrivals:

Orientation and Icebreakers:

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If you need to find us during the summer, just check back to this post to see where we’ll be:

June 24-25: Atlanta

June 26: Montgomery, Birmingham

June 27: Tupelo, Memphis

June 28 Memphis, Little Rock

June 29: Dallas

June 30: Dallas, Oklahoma City

July 1: Oklahoma City, Dodge City…

On June 6-7, the Etgar 36 summer staff got together in Atlanta to prepare for the summer. Bonds were formed, plans were finalized, and everyone was in agreement that the summer is going to be awesome!

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