--- FIELD TRIP ---
July 2-6, 2008
(Summer School EXTRA CREDIT for section 710+)
Touring the home of Thomas Jefferson (and Madison and Washington): Take the VIRTUAL TOUR
  • July 2
    Historic Downtown Charlottesville, grab a quick meal.
  • July 3
    Monticello the day before the president addressed naturalized citizens. Then down to Historic Michie Tavern. After lunch a tour of Montpelier, VA - Home of James and Dolly Madison. Beautiful estates and horse farms (frequented by "the Rock" Sissy Spacek, Christopher Reeves. Many beautiful wineries. An evening sharing memories with Joyce.
  • July 4
    Continental breakfast. Drove to D.C. and George Washington's home, Mt. Vernon. Cruised the Potomac, patriotic band & marches, reading of Jefferson's Declaration to King George, reenactment of George Washington's infantry charge.
  • July 5, 6 & 7
    Tour D.C., Crabcakes in Alexandria with Ken Carlson, Tucker Richmond and Cherul Slapak-Heywood - Ben Franklin stopped to chat.
    Historical background - read Jefferson: Founding Father, about Zeb Pike's role and reputation tied to TJ (our Colorado connection to the 3rd Prez), Why his peak is called America's Mountain, Constitution oversight, James Madison, Adams, Aaron Burr: compatriots and conflicts ...
  • Got your DIGITAL MEMORY BOOK? The Compact Disc has candid reunion shots, class picture, Choral Alma Mater and The Aristocrat/Jeff Journal. DON't MISS Kirk & Laurie Stevens' musical+picture collage, the skit and outtakes, graduation address, etc. Your DVD player will also run the slide show on television, but not all DVD players run the other presentations like your computer does. Questions or difficulties? Email homer@tjspartans.net. New Orders by phone/email: 303-204-1439 dianescubs@aol.com. Include $5.00 per CD.
  • Picture Gallery   Recognize these people? Indexed by last (maiden) names. Latest additions: Jan Gardner's African Safari, Dan Bernstein and Cindy Goldstein from California!
    NOTE: the Picture Gallery may soon move to a password-protected page with map links, personal announcements, current events, featured-classmate interviews, blogs, etc. The password will be based on some personality or event from our class.
  • Look for Reunion pictures on this website. Not as many as the CD, but they should help recalling the people you couldn't talk to or who it was you laughed with.

  • The Virtual Scrapbook   Oldies Playlist, etc.
  • Lost and Found   Help us locate missing classmates. 82 still unaccounted for, but 341 have been traced.
  • MAPS   Who lives where? ALSO: Last-known locations of lost alumni. The complete map may soon become password protected   for our eyes only.

  • Flunk now and avoid the rush.. a POP QUIZ. You had time to study, but if you thought the last one was tough .. .. ..! Coming soon: "the Cars we drove and the places where we hung out"
  • The Senior Edition Jefferson Journal -- what did you will? Needs Adobe(r) reader: caution, this can be slow! You are free to save it to your computer and read this offline.