WASHINGTON D.C.
MAY 3 – 6, 2016
ROYHART MIDDLE SCHOOL
TUESDAY, MAY 3
Depart Middleport this morning for Gettysburg, PA. En route to
Gettysburg, you’ll have a lunch stop (individual’s expense) at a fast
food restaurant. Following lunch, continue on to Gettysburg. Upon
arrival, your first stop will be at the Museum and Visitors Center
where you’ll have time to explore the museum and also view the film,
“A New Birth of Freedom.” You’ll then tour the Gettysburg
Battlefield, led by a National Parks Service guide. Here you’ll learn
about the events that took place during the battle as well as see the
town itself, where major parts of the battle were fought. You’ll have
DINNER in Gettysburg before departing for your hotel in suburban
Washington D.C. Check in and remain for the evening.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST at the hotel. Depart your hotel this
morning for Washington D.C. Meet your guides and begin the day
sightseeing including exterior tours of the Capitol Building, the White House, the Supreme Court, and the
Library of Congress. You’ll have a CASH DOLE LUNCH ($10) around midday. Continue sightseeing
this afternoon with a visit to the Washington Monument (pending confirmation). You’ll also have time
for shopping around the Ford’s Theatre area. DINNER this evening followed by an illumination tour of
the Vietnam Memorial; the Korean Memorial; the Lincoln, Jefferson, and Roosevelt Memorials, and the
World War II Memorial. Return to your hotel and remain for the evening.
THURSDAY, MAY 5
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST at the hotel. This morning your group will travel to Arlington National
Cemetery, where you will meet your guides, and view the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier. You will also see the Kennedy gravesites and also the Challenger memorial.
Depart the cemetery for the Air Force Memorial and the National Pentagon September 11th Memorial.
You’ll then travel to Pentagon City Mall, where you’ll have a CASH DOLE LUNCH ($10). Following
lunch, depart for a drive up Embassy Row leading up to the Washington National Cathedral. Return to
your hotel this afternoon to change. This evening, return to D.C. and enjoy a DINNER CRUISE aboard
the Spirit of Washington. Return to your hotel following the cruise and remain for the evening.
FRIDAY, MAY 6
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST at the hotel. Check out and depart the hotel for the Smithsonian
Museum complex. The Smithsonian buildings line the Washington Mall area, and you may visit the
Natural History Museum, the Air & Space Museum, the American History Museum, or any one of the
other museum buildings, all within walking distance of one another. CASH DOLE LUNCH ($10) at the
museums. This afternoon, depart for Middleport. CASH DOLE DINNER ($10) en route home. Evening
arrival at the school.
PROGRAM FEE:
$ 599/person based on 40-49 students and five free chaperones PER BUS
$ 639/person based on 35-39 students and five free chaperones PER BUS
$ 675/person based on 30-34 students and five free chaperones PER BUS
FEE INCLUDES: Round trip motorcoach transportation between Middleport and
Gettysburg/Washington D.C.; accommodations for three nights in a suburban Washington D.C. hotel,
with students four to a room and the chaperones two or three to a room; three continental breakfasts; three
lunches; four dinners; one Gettysburg guide per bus; one local D.C. guide per bus; security guard service
at the hotel each night; gratuities to the guides and the bus drivers; all restaurant taxes and gratuities.
NOT INCLUDED: Meals other than those listed; items of a personal nature.
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