Reminder to read the recent (Wednesday) email from Joe/EPL Support. Please add the new email & phone/text number to your contacts. Please use those for all contact with our EPL leadership team going forward. You won't have to wonder who to call - or who is on tour. We appreciate your help as we try to streamline the process to serve you well! Keeping you all in our prayers!

Good afternoon - we are releasing spring schedules in a preliminary state. Please review carefully - while we have tried diligently to work with everyone's dates, overlapping dates, etc, we may have missed something. We will do a final review on Monday but if you have any discrepancies with what you're seeing posted in your Hub, please email Kim asap. Please do not respond in this forum. Thank you!! And thank you all for your hard work and dedication. We're so grateful to have you on the ACTS Team! Onward!!

We're having a technical issue with Kim being able to post- what she would post if she could to all who attended training... Payroll submission & reimbursement receipts can be completed in your EPL Hub under T249001A. 🙂 Thank you all for coming to training & being a valuable member of the ACTS team! You are greatly appreciated!

The 'Thankful List' is long this year & you are all on it! Thank you for being on the ACTS team! From all of us in the home office, we pray you have a wonderful Thanksgiving celebrating the goodness of God! And for the history nerd in all of us...😊 https://www.prageru.com/video/lincoln-thanksgiving?utm_source=app&utm_medium=share(https://www.prageru.com/video/lincoln-thanksgiving?utm_source=app&utm_medium=share)

No idea what this will be like but passing along if interested: George Washington Documentary Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on Fox News Watch the Fox Nation special 'To Rescue the Constitution' on Sunday, October 8 at 10 pm. The special, hosted by Bret Baier, dramatically reveals the life of George Washington, the Founder who did more than perhaps any other individual to secure the future of the United States.

Hello EPL Team - just a moment to let you know the office team celebrated YOU today as we paused to give God praise for the Spring 2023 season - yesterday marked the final day of the spring season! It was busy, it was blessed, and it was made possible by our GREAT GOD and the incredible ACTS TEAM! From my chair, I get the honor of working with the office team and the road team. I stand in awe of how God continues to provide such an amazing team of people who love Him, love people, love history, and are just a bit crazy!! (I mean who really LOVES to live out of a suitcase and go for a walk in the rain with a 'few' friends?!) We are SO grateful for each incredible person in the ACTS family. Thank you. Thank you for everything each of you did this spring to impact lives for Christ and for eternity. We will never know this side of Heaven the ripple effect of the hours of love and labor that made each of these Programs possible. But God does. What a day THAT will be when we hear those stories! The fall season and Spring 2024 season are coming together even as I write, so, Lord willing, LOTS more to come, but for now, we celebrate the mighty works of God through the amazing ACTS TEAM this spring! To God be the glory. Onward!

In case you missed our social media post about it, the Concert tongiht was amazing! You can catch a replay of it now on YouTube PBS Channel. Worth seeing!

How Arlington National Cemetery is prepping for a busy Memorial Day weekend Dick Uliano | duliano@wtop.com May 24, 2023, 4:46 AM Preparations are well underway at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia for the busy Memorial Day weekend ahead. It’s Flags-In on Thursday afternoon. The public is invited to watch soldiers of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment carry out a more than 60 year tradition, placing American flags at each headstone. CEO of Historic Tours of America Chris Belland and President and CEO of Suburban Propane Michael Stivala placed a wreath at the grave site of President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday. Suburban Propane has an unusual connection to the 60-year history of the Kennedy grave site at Arlington. “In 1963, Jackie Kennedy, as a last minute decision, wanted to have the eternal flame at the grave site and it was about a day or so before the burial ceremony,” Stivala said. In the dark days following the presidential assassination in Dallas, with little time before the state funeral, the White House contacted Suburban’s facility in Rockville, Maryland. “We were able to get the piping done and get the propane service up and running in time for the ceremony,” said Stivala. Weekend events The weekend activities will include hundreds of motorcyclists laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Saturday. Members of the public who have preregistered will be able to attend a sunrise photo shoot early Sunday morning. The cemetery will feature the second Flowers of Remembrance Day, in which members of the public will each be given a flower to place at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. That event goes from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Memorial Day On Monday, Memorial Day, there’ll be an Armed Forces Full Honors wreath-laying at the Kennedy grave site at 8:30 a.m. in honor of Kennedy’s 100th birthday. The Full Honors National Memorial Day Observance ceremony will take place at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at 11 a.m. The Memorial Day Program will follow in Arlington’s Memorial Amphitheater.

May 11, 2023 Update: Prayers needed this evening for Olivia, Jeni, Jason, and the rest of Kristi's family. Original Post: We’ve received what feels like the final report. Olivia’s umbilical cord has started working correctly again which is good. Her body has not changed in three weeks which is good. But Jeni’s body is what is keeping her alive. her heart is too damaged for anything to help. The clinic went over the scenario of a transplant and it would be horrible. They feel Olivia only has a 40% of being able to survive on a machine until a heart would be available and then there would be the chance that she would not even qualify at that point. It is the third time they’ve been told what the heart transplant will be like and have walked away, knowing they would never do that to their daughter. They were given a session with a social worker for end-of-life care, the clinic feels it is highly unlikely that she would live, but a few minutes after birth, and maybe not long enough for the sisters to meet her. Jeni And Jason have to make decisions this week because the clinic has them slated for a C-section on May 15th. Jeni and Jason have simply stated that either it’s a miracle of healing or passing away for Olivia. We will continue to pray with Faith.

3 Things: 1 - Jay is on tour this week, Sabrina is EPL Point Of Contact while he is out. Jay will be back on deck Saturday. (Please do not call him/text him this week so he can fully serve his group!) 2 - You are being prayed for daily. As May begins and we enter the last six +/- weeks of the spring season, be encouraged even though you may be tired and a bit weary. God is using each of you for His glory and much good kingdom work is being done. The enemy of our souls doesn’t like it and will continue to fight us. An encouragement to each of us to keep our armor on and ready - spend time getting personal nurturing from The Word. (Link to devotional that was an encouragement to me. Don’t Grow Weary Doing Good) Galatians 6:9 “Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” 3 - You are GREATLY appreciated!! Thank you for all the hard work, effort, and energy! Thank you for supporting and encouraging one another. We love hearing about those ‘God moments’ when you ‘happen’ to be in the same place with other EPLs sharing stories, laughs, and support. You are all part of the incredible Team ACTS! We are so blessed!

We are aware of potential demonstrations around the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Saturday April 1. No group is scheduled to be near Capitol Hill. Most groups are not in DC proper Saturday. The few that are need to stick to your scheduled itinerary - unless, of course, there becomes reason to avoid a particular area (Smithsonians, Ford's, Archives, MOTB). We are monitoring the news, and monitoring where you are - so please let us know if you change your schedule - or if you notice activity to be avoided. As always, the safety of our groups is our top priority. Your first priority is to be aware and fully engaged with the direction and whereabouts of your group. Side-note - A request to READ AND ACKNOWLEDGE in the title of a post means to 'like' the post at minimum. This is not a suggestion - it is REQUIRED. This is our only way to know you read the post and are aware of the information being communicated. If you saw it - like it - otherwise we have to assume you didn't see it and will need to track you down - nicely, of course. When you are on tour, your SPACES notifications must be on. If you're having issues with SPACES, we need to know. Thank you!!

Picking up your Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide starting April 1 – May 31. In anticipation of a high volume of visitation in April and May meeting your Battlefield guide is changing. See below pick-up instructions based on your scheduled events: · Only a Licensed Battlefield Guide - meet Guide in the Bus Depot in lower parking lot (marked 2 on map) · Licensed Battlefield Guide FIRST (other programming later) - meet Guide in the Bus Depot in lower parking lot (marked 2 on map) o Returning later for Cyclorama/Film/Museum – drop off at the Museum & Visitor Center at the Bus Loop in front of the building as usual (example: Battlefield Tour at 9:00am and Film, Cyclorama, Museum at 1:00pm) · Licensed Battlefield Guide as second/third programming event - meet Guide at the Museum & Visitor Center at the Bus Loop in front of the building as usual (example: Cyclorama/Film/Museum at 8:30am and Battlefield Tour at 10:00) **Note – there are bathrooms in the Bus Depot lower parking lot** Map - https://www.nps.gov/gett/learn/news/visitor-center-parking.html Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early. Please make sure this information is shared with your driver.

Hi all- Jay is on tour so we will let him give full attention to his group! Sabrina is point of contact. *Note- If I don't answer immediately, text or leave a message. I will call you back. Going to another staff member if you don't get through on your first call means that more than one of us will be working on the same matter. Our goal is to be as efficient as possible! Thank you for all you are doing!! We appreciate you & are grateful for what God is doing through this incredible team effort!!

Answered prayers! Born 3.22.23! Mommy & baby (& daddy) are all doing well! Thank you for your prayers & support!

Ohio Drive will be one way EAST bound during Cherry Blossom season. West Basin Drive (the road we drop for FDR & MLK) will be closed to traffic. The road we normally load/unload for the Jefferson Memorial will be designated handicapped parking only and will otherwise be CLOSED to traffic. Let the fun begin!!

NPS-National Mall restroom hours, as of March 15 are 8am-10:30pm except for Eisenhower which closes year-round at 6pm. (If restrooms are closed early it is to be reported to NPS.)

Plan for Sabrina to be Point Of Contact for EPL life until Jay is back :) We'll let you know when he's back. Prayers for all of you!