East Coast Trip

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Sample Schedule / 2003

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Depart from Portland, Oregon on night flight 06/20

Arrive in New York City Meet ETS Escort and Driver

Subway ride to Battery Park

Ride ferry to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

Walking tour of Battery Park

Gettysburg Museum and Battlefield Tour 10-12 with Blake Edwards White House photo stop

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

 

 

Smithsonian American History Museum Holocaust Memorial Museum / Permanent Exhibit

Bureau of Engraving and Printing Gift Shop Stop

Depart for Monticello (2.5 hours)

Colonial Williamsburg

Wig Maker

Stockades

Gunsmith

Colonial Capitol

Raleigh Tavern

The Magazine

Governor's Mansion

 

Pack and check out of hotel

Depart for airport

 

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Orientation and  driving tour of NYC:  Harlem, Central Park, 5th Avenue, Park Avenue, Madison Ave., etc.

Walking tour of Brooklyn Bridge

Rockefeller Plaza

NBC studio tour

Financial District / Wall Street

Lunch in Greenwich Village / Bleeker Street

Washington Park

Ground Zero

Shopping on 5th Avenue

Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt stop

 

Lunch at General Pickets

Gettysburg Museum and Visitor's Center

Depart for Washington D.C. (1.5 hours)

 

Smithsonian Natural History Museum

Capitol Hill

Meet with Congressman Brian Baird; private tour of Capitol with his staff

Supreme Court

Library of Congress

 

 

Lunch in Old Town Alexandria

Arlington National Cemetery

Kennedy Gravesites

Challenger Memorial

Changing of the Guard:  Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Ford's Theatre

Lunch at Michie Tavern:  traditional colonial meal

Tour Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson

Depart for Williamsburg (2.5 hours)

 

Time to enjoy the shops and attractions of Williamsburg

Depart for Busch Gardens

 

Flight to Portland, Oregon from Richmond, VA.
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See "Lion King" on Broadway

Group photo in Times Square

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Empire State Building

Depart for Gettysburg (4 hours)

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Orientation to downtown D.C.

Night tour of Memorials

Jefferson Memorial

Kennedy Center

FDR Memorial

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Vietnam Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Korean Memorial

Swim if time permits

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Iwo Jima Memorial

Twilight Tatoo

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Ghost tour of  Colonial Williamsburg

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Busch Garden Amusement Park.  Students enjoy unlimited use of all rides and attractions.

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Arrive in Portland early evening.

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