The Five Star Fellowship teachers embarked on a journey June 23-29, 2024, to learn more about Appalachian leaders. Sites visited included the Stonewall Jackson House Museum, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum, Sycamore Shoal State Historic Park, Fort Watauga and Muster Grounds, the Carter Mansion, and Sabine Hill. Sonya Davis, Oak Hill Middle School, stated, “I was fascinated to learn that Woodrow Wilson’s second wife Edith is known as the first woman president because after Wilson’s stroke she ran things.” An exhibit at the Frontier Culture Museum told the story of thousands of people who migrated to colonial America from the hinterlands of England, Germany, Ireland, and West Africa for a better life.  Teachers experienced a recreation of an Earnest Tube Bristol recording session and tried square dancing at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. A visit to Pine Mountain Settlement School near Bledsoe, Kentucky, provided for classes in storytelling, corn shuck crafts, Appalachian heritage, and folk dancing. Stacy Herbert, Vinton County HS, said, “I have new ideas of how to incorporate music, embrace dance, and mix art into history.” Southern Appalachian characters came alive in the outdoor drama Trail of the Lonesome Pine in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Teachers also toured Berea College, heard a presentation by Dr. Chad Berry on Eight Misconceptions of Appalachia, visited a craft gallery, learned about Marie Bartlett’s research on American’s First Rural Nurse-Midwife Service and School, and acquired a piece of Sarah Culbertson’s pottery collection. Dr. Ron Morris, history professor at Ball State University, accompanied the group and provided historical context for the site visits and experiences.