Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York City Five-Day Adventure
DAY ONE
*West Coast schools may arrive on redeye flight
- Depart for Washington, D.C.
- Meet Grand Classroom representative
- White House picture stop
- US Capitol Tour
- Capitol Hill
- Library of Congress
- Supreme Court
- Lunch
- U.S. Holocaust Museum
- Dinner
- Nighttime tour of the monuments to include:
- FDR Memorial
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- Jefferson Memorial
- Washington Monument
- Check in to hotel
DAY TWO
- Hotel breakfast
- Visit Arlington National Cemetery - Stops include:
- Changing of the Guard
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
- Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial
- Kennedy Gravesites
- Iwo Jima Memorial
- Lunch
- Smithsonian Institution:
- American History Museum
- Natural History Museum
- Air & Space Museum
- National Archives
- Dinner
- Nighttime tour of the monuments to include:
- Lincoln Memorial
- World War II Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Korean War Memorial
- Return to hotel
DAY THREE
- Hotel breakfast
- Depart for Shenandoah National Park
- Rafting on the Shenandoah River
- Lunch overlooking the river
- Hike in Shenandoah National Park
- Depart for Philadelphia
- Dinner en route
- Check in to hotel
DAY FOUR
- Hotel breakfast
- Independence National Historic Park
- Independence Visitor Center
- Liberty Bell
- Independence Hall
- Lunch
- Depart for New York City
- Stroll through Central Park
- Times Square
- Dinner
- Broadway Show
- Check into hotel
DAY FIVE
- Breakfast
- Rockefeller Center
- Top of the Rock Observation Deck
- Statue of Liberty
- Ellis Island
- Lunch
- 9/11 Memorial
- Wall Street (time permitting)
- Dinner
- Depart for home