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Location: Mercer County, NJ
Overview Description: Swaminarayan Akshardham Hindu Temple, Howell Living History Farm
Full Description: We will visit the biggest Hindu temple in USA, sitting on 185 acres of land. The temple includes design elements from ancient Indian art, architecture, and culture including 10,000 statues, carvings of ancient Indian musical instruments and dance forms, and water from the holy rivers of India. This field trip will also include a visit to the Howell Living History Farm, which has been a working farm for 285 years, and offers people of all ages, backgrounds, and interests the chance to learn about their rural history and heritage by rolling up their sleeves for hands-on activities, meeting interpreters in historic costume, and embarking on tours through a farm thats really working year-round. We will also stop by Princeton for a nice meal in this field trip.
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Leader Name: Dilek Ozler
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Location: New York, NY
Overview Description: Brooklyn Navy Yard
Full Description: For 165 years, the waterfront Brooklyn Navy Yard was a thriving shipbuilding hub. The brick warehouses now host industries like printing, fashion, and furniture, plus a food hall of local vendors, anchored by iconic deli Russ & Daughters. On the rooftops, there’s a farm and a winery, while hip locals fill the tasting room at Kings County Distillery. BLDG 92 museum has exhibits on shipbuilding and offers bus tours. The site, which covers 225.15 acres (91.11 ha), is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Location: Quebec City, QC, Canada
Overview Description: Quebec Winter Festival, Quebec City, QC, Canada- overnight trip
Full Description: Every February, Quebec City hosts one of the world’s largest winter carnivals — a tradition that has been going strong since the 1950s. The 10-day celebration includes night parades, ice canoe racing, musical performances, and activities like snow bathing and tobogganing. But one of the major highlights is watching artists carve extraordinary snow sculptures.
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Location: Sandy Hook, NJ
Overview Description: Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Highlands, NJ
Full Description: The Sandy Hook Lighthouse is the oldest operating lighthouse in the United States. It is located at the northern end of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in the Highlands. Amazingly well-preserved, this unique octagonal tower dates back to the 18th century and has been in service since 1764. Except for being darkened during the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I and II, the beacon has been operating ever since.
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Leader Name: Dilek Ozler
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Location: Bethlehem, PA
Overview Description: Steel Stacks, Bethlehem, PA
Full Description: This will be a trip to the historic plant of “Bethlehem Steel”, the second largest steel manufacturer in the nation located in the “Steel Stacks” campus. We will have the musical Sunday brunch in the famous Hotel Bethlehem, followed by the guided “the Rise and Fall of Bethlehem Steel” Walking Tour. Having some time in the Wind Creek Bethlehem Casino will also be an option. December is a time when the town of Bethlehem will be decorated with Christmas lights
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Location: Pleasantville, NY
Overview Description: Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate and Preserve, Pleasantville, NY
Full Description: Kykuit was home to four generations of the Rockefeller family, beginning with the philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil. His business acumen made him, in his day, the richest man in America. Now a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, this extraordinary landmark has been continuously and meticulously maintained for more than 100 years.
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Location: Yonkers, NY
Overview Description: Untermyer Gardens,
Full Description: This 43-acre public garden, created in 1917 by Samuel and Minnie Untermyer, combines exceptional horticulture, monumental architecture, and multicultural design in a majestic natural setting overlooking the Hudson River.
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