Kenan Keller (left) and Colton Gebben stand in front of an historic trading post display in the main exhibitions building at Discovery Park on April 12, 2014.Ī Stearman PT-17 biplane of which several thousand were built in the 1930s and 1940s for the United States armed forces hangs from the ceiling in the Military Gallery located in Discovery Park's central exhibitions building. Phi Alpha Theta member Shelby Pace stands in front of a display about Hernando de Soto located in Discovery Park's central exhibitions building on April 12, 2014. The display sign at the entry of Discovery Park of America flashes "Union," as a part of the welcome that park officials gave to Union's Phi Alpha Theta group on April 12, 2014. Alice-Catherine Carls.Ĭhris Gunlefinger (right), Assistant Education Director at Discovery Park of America, discusses information about the park with the visitors from Union University on April 12, 2014. Stephen Carls, Jordan Pratt, Gracie Wise, Robert Briley, Trebor Briley, Kenan Keller, Colton Gebben, Shelby Pace, Ashton Hostetler, Hannah Jones, Sarah Carroll, Faith Bagley, Heather Stricklin, and Dr. Participants in the Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored trip to Discovery Park of America in Union City, Tennessee, join together for a photo after arriving there on April 12, 2014. The Union participants, having enjoyed beautiful weather and a fantastic park experience, departed from Discovery Park for Jackson shortly after 2:30 p.m. Of special interest was an area called Freedom Square where a building called the Magnolia Place Liberty Hall contained a copy of the Liberty Bell and a number of items from retired Congressman John Tanner’s years of service in the United States House of Representatives.
These included a replica of an old train depot, a 1800s-era chapel with an American garden, a recreated nineteenth-century settlement made up of several cabins and houses, a European garden, a Japanese garden, and a covered bridge. In the afternoon, the Union visitors again divided into several small groups that focused their attention on outdoor exhibits scattered across the 50-acre park. All enjoyed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, potato chips, home-made chocolate chip cookies, and Coca-Colas or bottled water. The group members reassembled for lunch at the park’s Union City Rotary Pavilion. Among the items on display were exact copies of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a replica of the Ark of the Covenant, a Stearman PT-17 biplane, a Scorpion Light Armored Tank, a large collection of arrow heads, and one of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s race cars. There were galleries devoted to such themes as military history, natural history, regional history, Native American history, and transportation. Splitting into small groups, the Union participants spent the morning looking at a number of indoor exhibits in the park’s showcase building known as the Discovery Center. They were met at the park by Assistant Education Director Chris Gunlefinger who provided them with information for their visit. Fourteen students and faculty participated in this activity which began with their departure from Union’s campus at 8:45 a.m. Union’s Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta sponsored a field trip to Discovery Park of America in Union City, Tennessee, on April 12, 2014. Vocatio Center for Life Calling and Career.Office of Student Leadership & Engagement.
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