FIELD TRIP to the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, DC. We will first get our free (be sure to bring a photo ID) LoC READER CARDS to admit us into the Rare Books Reading Room. The walk from Union Station to LoC is about 16 minutes (0.7 miles) and is UPHILL.

Also planned is a viewing of “The Nature of the Book” (at the Natural History Museum, about a 1.5-mile walk) during the trip. The walk back to Union Station is 1 mile.

The idea is that we will all catch the 8:50am MARC at Perryville to UNION STATION. The round-trip ticket will be about $26. Returns from Union Station to Perryville are as follows:

Leaves Union Station at 5:12pm and arrives at Perryville at 6:49.
Leaves Union Station at 6:30pm and arrives at Perryville at 8:18.
Leaves Union Station at 9:00pm and arrives at Perryville at 10:47.

Time during the day will be tight, so we need to conserve time as much as possible.

Closer to the 17th, we will have suggestions for bringing a brown bag lunch and eating in the LoC cafeteria.