USS FRANKLIN 2018 REUNION, NEW ORLEANS LA.

May 31st thru June 3rd 2018

Embassy Suites Hotel New Orleans Convention Center.

315 Julia Street New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 525-1993
www.embassyneworleans.com

The room rate is $140 for a room with a king bed and sleeper sofa and $150 for a room with 2 queens and a sleeper sofa.  If there are more than two adults, there is an additional charge of $20 per adult per night.  This charge is waived for children under 18.  The room rate above includes breakfast and a nightly reception with cocktails and appetizers.

Copy and paste the URL below into your browser to access the exclusive rates available for this group:

Booking Link: http://group.embassysuites.com/worldwariireunion

Group Name: WORLD WAR II REUNION

Please note, the entire URL must be copied and pasted for it to work properly.

Please share this link with anyone who needs to book WORLD WAR II REUNION rates. Guests may also call 800-EMBASSY (362-2779) and use the group codeWWR.

We will be visiting the WW2 National Museum which is only a few blocks from the hotel.   http://www.nationalww2museum.org

Click here to download the 2018 New Orleans Reunion registration form!

USS Franklin Reunion 2016 – Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
June 23-24-25-26, 2016

Contact information:

Joyce Conklin – 724-825-3541 joyce.conklin@yahoo.com
Sheila Hartley – 304-662-6865 hartleysheila@yahoo.com

Hotel Accomodations:

1863 Inn of Gettysburg, 516 Baltimore St. Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 334-6211 – www.1863innofgettysburg.com Rooms will be held up to 45 days prior to the reunion and then they will open up to the public. The rooms WILL fill up and be released, so please make your room reservations asap! Double occupancy rooms $125 on Thursday $145 on Friday and Saturday. PARKING AND BREAKFAST INCLUDED!

Events:

Thursday, June 23 – check in and explore downtown Gettysburg

Friday, June 24
3 hour bus battlefield tour with a Licensed Battlefield Guide
Tour Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center Civil War Museum, Film – “A New Birth of Freedom” and the Gettysburg Cyclorama
Box lunch provided
Optional evening “Ghost Tour”

Saturday, June 25
Eisenhower National Historic Site Home and Farm Tour
Gettysburg Hall of Presidents and First Ladies Tour
Gettysburg National Cemetery – self guided tour
Evening banquet

Sunday, June 26 – Farewell Breakfast

Registration Fee:

$155 for Adults/$140 for children under 16 and under

Registration Form:

Please download the registration form, print it out and send your registration to Joyce Conklin.  Instructions are included on the registration form.  The PDF Registration form is available at the link below:

2016 USS Franklin Reunion Registration

Save the Date – June 23-24-25, 2016

USS Franklin Reunion – Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Nearest airports:

• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 50 miles – Harrisburg International Airport (airport code: MDT)
• Baltimore, Maryland: 60 miles – Baltimore International Airport (airport code: BWI)
• Washington, DC: 87 miles – Ronald Regan International Airport (airport code:DCA) and 80 miles – Washington Dulles International Airport (airport code: IAD)
• (Amtrak goes to Harrisburg, then there’s a bus to Gettysburg, but the train does not go to Gettysburg.)

Hotel Accomodations: – 1863 Inn of Gettysburg, right in the heart of downtown Gettysburg!

• 516 Baltimore St. Gettysburg, PA 17325 | (717) 334-6211 – rooms will be held up to 45 days prior to the reunion and then they will open up to the public and the rooms WILL fill up, so make your room reservations asap! $125 – Thursday $145 – Friday and Saturday double bed rooms PARKING AND BREAKFAST INCLUDED!

Events:

Thursday, June 23 – check in and explore downtown Gettysburg

Friday, June 24

• 3 hour bus battlefield tour with a Licensed Battlefield Guide
• Visit Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center Civil War Museum, Film – “A New Birth of Freedom” and the Gettysburg Cyclorama
• Box lunch provided
• Optional evening “Ghost Tour”

Saturday, June 25

• Eisenhower National Historic Site with National Park Service Ranger
• Hall of Presidents and First Ladies – self guided tour
• Gettysburg National Cemetery – self guided tour
• Evening banquet with some special guests!

Want to brush up on Gettysburg?

• Ask your local librarian for any book recommendations about Gettysburg
• Google “Battle of Gettysburg”
• Watch anything on the History Channel about The American Civil War, The Battle of Gettysburg, or Abraham Lincoln
• Watch “Gettysburg” (1993 starring Martin Sheen, Jeff Daniels and Tom Berenger), adapted from the book “Killer Angels” by Michael Shaara
• Watch Gettysburg – Final Measure of Devotion, written and directed by ROBERT CHILD, available on Amazon Instant Video and Amazon DVD (Documentary told through 150^th Anniversary Reenactments)
• To find your state’s monuments at Gettysburg: com and click on “Gettysburg.” There are over 1,200 monuments to explore, as well as headquarters, farms, and virtual tours.
• http://www.nps.gov/gett/planyourvisit/visitorcenters.htm – this is the National Park Service Visitor’s Center Website
• http://www.nps.gov/eise/index.htm – this is the website for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Home and Farm which we will be visiting
• http://www.gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com/gettysburg-tours/museum-hall-of-presidents-first-ladies/ – Hall of Presidents and First Ladies
• http://www.gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com/gettysburg-tours/gettysburg-tours/licensed-guided-bus-tour/ – bus tour information
• Gettysburg Group Reservations is on Facebook. You will see some groups that are touring the same places we will be touring!