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A capital idea

Gus and Donna Moran of Egg Harbor Township took their daughters Lauren (Troop 5470) and Jillian (Troop 3150) to Washington, D.C. in June. The family participated in a sing-along on the Mall, celebrating the 95th anniversary of the Girl Scouts.

Scouting out some U.S. history 

Boy Scout Troop 55 of Somers Point visited Washington, D.C. to tour its many national monuments and memorials. This picture was taken at the Lincoln Memorial. From left to right, top to bottom, Troop 55 members are: Chris Waniak, Dave Parkkonen, Hayden Naumchik, Chirs Kazmarski, Winston Roberts, Eric Seckinger, Colin O'Hara, Colin Kazmarski, Joey Reed, Jon Beamer, John Golday, Danny Gindin, Scout Master Dave Seckinger, Nathan Matthews, Joe Nesbit, Shawn Lindsay, Daluton Sykora and Scott Chaffin.

Tracing their revolutionary roots

Three members of the General Lafayette Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, also known as DAR, traveled to Washington, D.C., in June for DAR’s 116th annual Continental Congress. From left are Mary Ellen Chartier of Egg Harbor Township, Carol Heinisch of Absecon (holding The Current) and Kathleen Woelbl, of  Eastampton, Burlington County, at DAR’s Constitution Hall -- the only structure built in tribute to the Constitution of the United States -- where they posed in front of the Founders Statue. The statue is dedicated to the four women who founded DAR in 1890: Eugenia Washington, Mary Desha, Ellen Hardin Walworth and Mary S. Lockwood.

A trip with a lesson

In conjunction with their trip to the Holocaust Museum, Oakcrest High School teachers and students pose at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Left to right are, front row: Oakcrest teachers Paula Londono and Lydia Sneed, Oakcrest switchboard operator Pat Schwarzenbach, and students Camila Gutierrez and Nucor Tendee; back row: history teacher Doug Cervi and student Christina Sciblo.

 The Gazette traveled to Washington, D.C. for the National Volunteer Leadership Initiative Conference for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Whitney Randles (left) and Patrick Randles (right) were elected the VLI co-chairs for the Delaware Valley chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Their children, Colin, age 3, and Sean Patrick, 2, both of Seaville, were born with the disease. Holding the Gazette is the president of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Robert J. Beall, Ph.D.

The Cape May County Healthy Community Coalition recently visited Congressman LoBiondo in his Washington office. The coalition is a non-profit organization that collaborates with community organizations to strengthen substance abuse prevention in the county. Pictured right to left is Temerity Berry, Linda Davenport, Congressman LoBiondo, Kim Mounce and Joe Williams.

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The Leader cheers Eagles at Redskins game

Tim Fitzpatrick, owner of the Crest Tavern hosted 46 Wildwoodians for an overnight trip to our nation’s capital to enjoyed a football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins. In true South Jersey hospitality, we invited a platoon of Marines, who were collecting items for their Toys for Tots campaign, to join us at our post tailgate victory party. Holding The Leader was the highest ranking officer who complimented our group on how impressed he was that we were so proud to be able to spell the word E-A-G-L-E-S as a group and would do so over and over and over...Semper Fi

Paying tribute to Lincoln

Rob, Karen, and Dawson Kuhn of Absecon pause at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during a May trip to Washington, D.C.

 Where democracy happens

Egg Harbor Township fifth-graders brought The Current to the steps of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., during a June 8 trip with the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. Pictured from left are Bryelle Rainone, Rebecca Wizov, Lindsey Burton, Rose Davidson and Cami Finegan. Submitted by chaperone Raymond Davis.