Nicholas - American Heritage Itinerary 2008

Saturday, May 17

  • Meet at Nicolas school for bus trip to Long Beach Airport about 5:00pm for flight to Logan Airport in Boston


Sunday, May 18

  • Arrive at Logan Airport about 5:00a.m.

  • Tour of Lexington and Concord

  • Lunch at Faneuil Hall

  • Travel the Freedom Trail, including Old North Church, Old Ironside, and Boston Common

  • Overnight in Boston, Mass.


Monday, May 19

  • Travel to New York City for a tour of lower Manhattan with view of World Trade Towers site and a walk around Times Square

  • Take the Staten Island Ferry for a view of the Statue of Liberty

  • Overnight in Newark, NJ


Tuesday, May 20

  • Travel to Philadelphia

  • Visit Christ Church, the Liberty Bell, Independence Mall and Constitution Hall

  • Travel through Amish Country

  • Visit Hershey’s Chocolate Country

  • Tour of Gettysburg Civil War Battlefield

  • Overnight in Gettysburg


Wednesday, May 21

  • Baltimore, MD to visit Ft. McHenry, where the national anthem was written,

visit Babe Ruth’s boyhood home, see Camden Yards and Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

  • Watch the Changing of the Guard at Arlington National Cemetery

  • Tour of Washington, D.C. ; visit Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial, Korean War Memorial, FDR Memorial

  • Night tour to see lighted monuments and memorials

  • Overnight in Washington, D.C.


Thursday, May 22

  • Visit George Washington’s home, Mount Vernon

  • Smithsonian Institute

  • Tour of Immaculate Conception Basilica, view National Cathedral an d Embassy Row

  • Holocaust Museum

  • Capitol Tour and group picture

  • Overnight Washington, D.C.

Friday, May 23

  • Visit the Archieves where the Bill of Right, Constitution, Declaration of Independence are located

  • Smithsonian Institute

  • Tour of new Marine Museum in Quantico, Va.

  • Overnight in Washington, D.C.


Saturday, May 24

  • Another stop at Smithsonian Museums and on to the new

World War II Memorial

  • Travel to Manassas, Va. to visit the Civil War Battlefield of Bull Run

  • Visit the new Udvar-Hazy Center, part of the Smithsonian Air and Space.

  • Depart for home from Washington/ Dulles Airport


The Trip Includes:

  1. Transportation - Airline and Motorcoach

  2. Bus transfer between school and airport

  3. Group photograph in front of Capitol Building

  4. All admissions

  5. Tips and gratuities

  6. Two meals a day....usually breakfast and dinner

  7. Jacket with name on front


Itinerary Note: Every effort is made to visit each point of interest in the itinerary. The order that points are visited may be altered to respond to local conditions. Due to weather or circumstances beyond our control some points of interest may be substituted.

 

Weather

Fullerton:
67°F
29in

6 mph
Washington:
79°F
29in

16 mph
New York:
68°F
29in

9 mph
Boston:
69°F
29in

13 mph
Philadelphia:
74°F
29in

18 mph