Big Walnut Middle School Washington, DC tour May 21-24, 2018

Monday, May 21

6:00 am --- buses arrive at Big Walnut Middle School 6:30 am --- depart for Washington, DC 9:00 am --- rest stop 11:45 am --- lunch: Breezewood, PA ($10 to each) 12:45 pm --- depart lunch 3:15 pm --- National Archives Building – appt. pending 4:45 pm --- Arlington National Cemetery: Kennedy graves, Challenger/Columbia Memorials, Audie Murphy gravesite, Changing of the Guard @ Tomb of the Unknowns 6:45 pm --- depart ANC 7:00 pm --- buses 1, 2, 3: dinner: Pentagon City Mall food court ($15 to each) buses 4 & 5: dinner: Champps (included) 8:15 pm --- depart dinner 8:30 pm --- White House picture stop – Lafayette Park 9:00 pm --- depart for hotel 9:45 pm --- hotel check-in: Best Western Hotel & Suites – Rockville, MD 301/424-4940 --- night chaperone staff on duty

Tuesday, May 22

6:15 am --- wake up 6:45 am --- full breakfast @ hotel (included) 8:00 am --- depart for tour 9:15 am --- Mount Vernon tour (included) mansion times pending 11:30 am --- depart Mt. Vernon, box lunches en route (included) 12:15 pm --- all buses: t-shirt shopping near Ford’s Theatre 1:15 pm --- buses 1, 2, 3: Newseum (included) confirmed

1:15 pm --- buses 4 & 5: arrive at U.S. Capitol Building – clear security 1:50 pm --- U.S. Capitol Building tour – pending 3:30 pm --- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum – permanent exhibit – pending

3:45 pm --- buses 1, 2, 3: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum – permanent exhibit – pending

5:15 pm --- depart museum 5:45 pm --- buses 1, 2, 3: dinner: Cheesecake Factory (included) pending buses 4 & 5: dinner: Pentagon City Mall food court ($15 to each) 7:15 pm --- MLK / FDR / Jefferson Memorials 9:00 pm --- Iwo Jima Memorial 9:15 pm --- depart for hotel 10:00 pm --- arrive at hotel, night chaperone staff on duty

Big Walnut Middle School Washington, DC tour May 21-24, 2018

Wednesday, May 23

6:45 am --- wake up 7:30 am --- full breakfast @ hotel (included) 8:30 am --- depart hotel 9:30 am --- buses 1,2,3: arrive at U.S. Capitol Building – clear security, see Exhibition Hall 10:10 am --- U.S. Capitol Building tour – pending 11:30 am --- depart Capitol Hill

8:45 am --- buses 4 & 5: Newseum (included) for 9a opening - confirmed 11:15 am --- depart Newseum

11:45 am --- all buses: board cruise ship 12:00 pm --- lunch cruise aboard Spirit of Washington (included) confirmed 2:15 pm --- Smithsonians – choice of: American & Natural History Museums, National Gallery of Art, Museum of African-American History & Culture - pending 5:30 pm --- depart from Natural History Museum – mall side 6:00 pm --- dinner: Pentagon City Mall food court ($15 to each) – depart @ 8p 7:15 pm --- WWII, Vietnam, Lincoln & Korean Memorials – depart from Korean @ 9:15p 10:00 pm --- arrive back at hotel, night chaperone staff on duty

Thursday, May 24

6:45 am --- wake up 7:15 am --- full breakfast @ hotel (included) 8:30 am --- load luggage on buses 9:00 am --- depart hotel 9:30 am --- Steven Udvar Hazy Air & Space Museum Annex 11:30 am --- lunch: at museum ($12 to each) 12:00 pm --- depart museum 3:15 pm --- rest stop – Breezewood, PA 6:45 pm --- dinner: fast food – St. Clairsville, OH ($10 to each) 7:45 pm --- depart dinner 9:30 pm --- arrive back at Big Walnut Middle School