Apr 1, 2023 - Union’s Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta sponsored a field trip to Discovery Park of America in Union City, Tennessee, on April 1, 2023. Eleven people participated in the event, including faculty members from Union and UT Martin, Union students, and visitors from Minnesota. Popular exhibits that group members visited were the Military Gallery, the Transportation Gallery, the Native American Gallery, the Train Depot, and Freedom Square. Halfway through their visit, participants met in a reserved room at the park for a lunch that consisted of sandwiches, chips, homemade oatmeal cookies, chocolate candies, bottled water, and Peeps-flavored Pepsi Cola.
Participants in Union's Phi Alpha Theta field trip to Discovery Park of America in Union City stand in front of a stuffed giant cave bear at the beginning of their visit on April 1, 2023. They are (left to right) Steve Jahnke, Carol Lynn Jahnke, Madeline Jahnke, Makayla Baker, Joy Brown, Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls, Dr. Stephen Carls, Robert Briley, William Houston, Noah Kea, and Chris Young.
Phi Alpha Theta members Chris Young and Joy Brown stand in front of an arrowhead collection in the Native American Gallery at Discovery Park of America on April 1, 2023.
Robert Briley looks at a Spanish Conquistador's armor in the Native American Gallery at Discovery Park of America on April 1, 2023.
William Houston (front) and Noah Kea (behind) sit in the cockpit of a UH-34D Helicopter in the Military Gallery of Discovery Park of America on April 1, 2023.
A 1938 Lincoln Zephyr convertible is one of the automobiles that members of the Union University group saw in the Transportation Gallery of Discovery Park of America on April 1, 2023.
Robert Briley stands by a 1923 Ford Model T in the Transportation Gallery at Discovery Park in Union City on April 1, 2023.
Dr. Stephen Carls stands by a replica of the Ark of the Covenant mentioned in the book of Exodus at Discovery Park of America on April 1, 2023.
The participants in the Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored visit to Discovery Park of America on April 1, 2023, have lunch together in a reserved dining room. They are (starting on the front left and going clockwise) William Houston, Noah Kea, Robert Briley, Joy Brown, Chris Young, Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls, Carol Lynn Jahnke, Makayla Baker, Madeline Jahnke, and Steve Jahnke. Dr. Stephen Carls took the photo.
William Houston (left) and Noah Kea stand in front of a Blue Angels jet plane (a Grumman F-11 Tiger) at Discovery Park of America on April 1, 2023.
Chris Young and Joy Brown stand in front of a replica of the Liberty Bell in Liberty Hall on Freedom Square at Discovery Park of America on April 1, 2023.