American writer Pearl S. Buck, whose novel The Good Earth won both the Pulitzer Prize (1932) and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1938) was an inspiration to many. The McLean Community Center (MCC) is offering a day trip to The Pearl S. Buck House and New Hope, Pennsylvania on Thursday, Oct. 21. The price of the trip is $145 per person, $135 for McLean tax district residents, which includes deluxe motor coach transportation, admission to Pearl S. Buck House and Parry Mansion, lunch, morning snack and a driver's tip. Participants are asked to arrive at MCC by 6:45 a.m. for the 7 a.m. bus departure. The tour will return at approximately 7 p.m. The Center is located at 1234 Ingleside Avenue.
Learn about an incredible woman in American history and sample the beauty of Bucks County in autumn. Trip participants will tour the Pearl S. Buck House, a National Historic Landmark in Bucks County, which tells Buck's amazing life story. A special exhibit entitled "PersonAl Pearl" will be on display during the tour. The group will then travel to New Hope, Pennsylvania, to have lunch at the historic Logan Inn. Established as an inn in 1727, it is the oldest continuously run inn in Bucks County and the fifth oldest in the United States. After lunch, the group will stop at Parry Mansion, a historic home built by one of New Hope's founders Benjamin Parry.For more information, visit http://www.mcleancenter.org/classes-trips/daytrips.asp. Please note, registration for this day trip is not available online. Please call the Center at 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, for more information or to register.Videos