Genoa Middle School
Gettysburg, PA / Washington, DC tour
May 7-10, 2013
Tuesday, May 7
6:00 am --- buses arrive at Genoa MS, load luggage
6:30 am --- depart for Gettysburg, PA
9:00 am --- rest stop – PA Welcome Center
12:15 pm --- lunch: Sideling Hill Travel Plaza ($7 to each)
1:00 pm --- depart lunch
2:30 pm --- arrive at Gettysburg Visitors Center – gift shop, use restrooms
2:45 pm --- Gettysburg battlefield tour (guided) (included) pending
4:45 pm --- dinner: General Pickett’s Buffets (included) confirmed
6:00 pm --- depart for Washington, DC
7:30 pm --- MLK/FDR/Jefferson Memorials
9:15 pm --- depart for hotel
9:45 pm --- hotel check-in: Hyatt Hotel, Dulles Airport – Herndon, VA
703/713-1234
--- night chaperone staff on duty
Wednesday, May 8
6:15 am --- wake up
7:00 am --- buffet breakfast @ hotel (included)
8:00 am --- depart hotel
9:00 am --- Newseum (included) pending - depart at 11a
11:15 am --- lunch: The Shops @ National Place food court ($8 to each)
12:45 pm --- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum – permanent exhibit – confirmed
2:45 pm --- depart museum
3:15 pm --- Arlington National Cemetery: Section 60, Kennedy graves,
Challenger/Columbia Memorials, Audie Murphy gravesite,
Changing of the Guard @ Tomb of the Unknowns
6:00 pm --- dinner: Pentagon City Mall food court ($8 to each)
7:30 pm --- depart dinner via subway: P.C. Mall to Rosslyn (included)
8:00 pm --- Iwo Jima Memorial
8:30 pm --- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – observation deck
9:00 pm --- depart for hotel
9:45 pm --- arrive at hotel, night chaperone staff on duty
Genoa Middle School
Gettysburg, PA / Washington, DC tour
May 7-10, 2013
Thursday, May 9
5:30 am --- wake up
6:00 am --- buffet breakfast @ hotel (included)
7:15 am --- depart hotel
8:30 am --- arrive on Capitol Hill – clear security – see Emancipation Hall
10:00 am --- U.S. Capitol Bldg. tours begin - pending
11:30 am --- depart Capitol Hill
12:00 pm --- lunch: Reagan Bldg. food court ($8 to each)
1:15 pm --- Smithsonians – choice of: American & Natural History Museum, National
Air & Space Museum, National Gallery of Art
5:30 pm --- depart from National Gallery of Art – mall side
5:45 pm --- dinner: Union Station food court ($8 to each)
7:15 pm --- WWII, Vietnam, Lincoln & Korean Memorials
9:15 pm --- depart for hotel
10:00 pm --- arrive at hotel, night chaperone staff on duty
Friday, May 10
6:00 am --- wake up
6:45 am --- buffet breakfast at hotel (included)
7:30 am --- load luggage on buses
8:00 am --- depart hotel
9:00 am --- White House picture stop – Lafayette Park
10:00 am --- National Archives – (reservation fee included) pending
11:15 am --- depart DC
12:00 pm --- lunch: Lake Forest Mall food court ($8 to each)
12:45 pm --- depart for home
3:00 pm --- rest stop
6:30 pm --- dinner: fast food ($7 to each)
7:30 pm --- depart dinner
9:45 pm --- arrive back at Genoa Middle School