John F. Kennedy’s 100th Birthday Party An East Coast celebration not to be missed! 8 Days: June 8 - 15, 2017 Early Booking Bonus DAY BY DAY “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it Save $25 per person if 14 MEALS (7 Breakfasts & 7 Dinners) produces by also by the men it honors, the men you book by 4/4/17! DAY ONE: D it remembers.” - John F. Kennedy - Depart for Hubbard, Ohio - Enjoy an included dinner at the Best Western Attend John F. Kennedy’s 100th Birthday Penn-Ohio Inn & Suites and an evening at leisure Party - “A Night in Camelot” DAY TWO: B, D Enjoy an elegant evening event that is a - Depart for the beautiful Hudson Valley Region of tribute to an era, to the music and to the Upstate New York celebrities that defined it. Happy - Dinner included at the Ice House with great Birthday Mr. President! views of the Hudson River DAY THREE: B, D “Don’t let it be forgot, that there was a - Tour Val Kill, Tour FDR Museum & Library and spot, for one brief, shining moment that Tour FDR’s Home, Springwood to learn about an was known as Camelot.” other President - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Arrive in Westport, MA “There’ll be great presidents again...but President John F. Kennedy - Dinner features hearty New England Cuisine there will never be another Camelot.” - DAY FOUR: B, D Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - Narrated “Kennedy Tour” of Boston - Visit the Boston Common and Public Gardens John F. Kennedy with a Swan Boat Ride included at the Public Come and celebrate the 100th birthday of our nation’s 35th President, John F. Kennedy. He Garden was the youngest man to have been elected to the office, the only Roman Catholic president - Tour the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and the only president to win a Pulitzer Prize for his biography “Profiles of Courage.” Learn and Museum how the term “Camelot” came to be used retroactively as iconic of the Kennedy - Dinner is included at one of Kennedy’s favorite administration, and the charisma of him and his restaurants, the Union Oyster family. The term was first publicly used by his wife in a St. Mary’s Church - DAY FIVE: B, D post-assassination Life magazine interview with Kennedy Wedding Site - Travel to Cape Cod and beyond today Theodore H. White, in which she revealed his affection - Tour the New Bedford Whaling Museum for the contemporary Broadway musical of the same - Tour the Sandwich Historical Society & Glass name. Join us as we share the stories and honor Museum President John F. Kennedy. - Travel into Hyannis, the commercial hub of Cape Cod abd take a Hyannis Harbor Cruise - see the Kennedy Compound - Visit the JFK Museum - Visit the St. Francis Xavier Church - “The Kennedy Church” - New England Clam Bake with entertainment and dancing while overlooking the Atlantic Ocean DAY SIX: B, D - Travel to the Ocean State “Little Rhody” today - Tour the Green Animals Topiary Garden - Visit St. Mary’s Catholic Church including a movie of the Kennedy/Bouvier wedding ceremony, reception and a live musical performance of the songs from the wedding - Tour The Breakers, the grandest of Newport’s summer “cottages” Kennedy Compound - JFK’s 100th Presidential Birthday Party “A Night in Camelot” - an elegant evening event to tribute an era, the music and celebrities that defined it JFK Museum (800) 225-0608 or (920) 528-7600 I www.GoPersonalized.com I www.Facebook/gopersonalized John F. Kennedy’s 100th Birthday Party An East Coast celebration not to be missed! The Kennedy East Coast Legacy You’ll enjoy a narrated “Kennedy” Tour of Boston that highlights the sights and landmarks that played an important role in John F. Kennedy’s rise to the White House. Join a local guide and walk past sites such as the JFK Statue on the State House Lawn, The Bellevue Hotel, The Omni Park House, Old City Hall, the Irish Famine Memorial, JFK’s Senate Headquarters, Faneuil Hall, Union Oyster House and the Rose Kennedy Greenway. After this tour you will have time for lunch on your own and to explore the shops and historic architecture that make up the Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Tour the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, designed by the architect I. M. Pei. The building is the official repository for original papers and correspondences of the Kennedy Adminstration. Begin your visit by watching a film narrated by President Kennedy, and then proceed to explore the seven permanent exhibits. There will be special exhibits and events at the Library to commemorate the President’s 100th Birthday. Dinner one evening is included at the Union Oyster House, one of Kennedy’s favorite restaurants. It is the oldest continuously operated restaurant in the United States. Gather around “Booth 18,” known as “The Kennedy Booth” for a nice photo. John F. Kennedy spent significant time in the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod, Hyannis. There is a memorial of President Kennedy on the Lewis Bay Waterfront that was erected by Barnstable citizens in 1966. The memorial includes a fountain and a fieldstone monument with the presidential seal and JFK inscription: “I believe it is important that this country sail and not sit still in the harbor.” We’ll learn about the history of Hyannis and local area landmarks as we make our way to view the historic Kennedy Compound in Hyannisport on a Hyannis Harbor Cruise. Other points of interest include Great Island, the Kennedy Memorial, Egg Island, St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, Squaw Island and Point Gammon Light. Visit the JFK Museum, a multimedia exhibit designed to open a window to the days JFK spent on Cape Cod. These exhibits feature a thematic panorama of photographs, archival films, artifacts, text panels, oral histories and a video narrated by Walter Cronkite. Some specifics include a video on the Boston Public Garden Swan Boat Ride Kennedys, a Kennedy Family Tree, and a statue, “What Could Have Been,” portraying John F. Kennedy walking on the beach with his adult son, John F. Kennedy, Jr. Visit the St. Francis Xavier Church, known as “The Kennedy Church.” From 1926 to 1986, this was the summer church of the Kennedy family who donated the central alter in memory of their son Joseph A Kennedy, Jr., who died during WWII. In Newport, Rhode Island, we’ll visit St. Mary’s Catholic Church where in 1953 Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier were married. Our visit includes a tour of the church, a movie about the Kennedy/Bouvier wedding ceremony, the wedding reception, the background leading up to the wedding, the wedding guests and a live musical performance of the songs from the wedding. DAY SEVEN: B, D Blooming with Fun - Depart for Hubbard, Ohio We’ll visit Boston’s Common and - Enjoy an included dinner at the Best Western Public Gardens. The Common is the Penn-Ohio Inn & Suites and an evening at leisure starting point of the Freedom Trail and the oldest park in the country. Until 1830, cattle DAY EIGHT: B, D grazed the Common, and until 1817, public hangings took place here. British troops - Return Home with Presidential Memories camped on the Common prior to the Revolution and celebrities including Martin Luther King Jr. and Pope John Paul II have given speeches at the Common. The Boston Public Garden is adjacent to the Common and was established in 1837. The Public Garden contains a lake Hotel Accommodations and a large series of formal plantings. The lake is usually home of one or more swans and is Day One - Best Western Penn-Ohio Inn & Suites, always the site of the Swan Boats, which began operating 1877. Your visit includes a Swan Hubbard, OH Boat ride around the lake, pedaled by a tour guide that sits within the swan at the rear of the Day Two - Holiday Inn - Poughkeepsie, NY Day boat. Visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum which tells the story, through collections and Three-Six - Hampton Inn, Westport, MA exhibitions, of the international whaling industry and history of the “Old Dartmouth” area of Day Seven - Best Western Penn-Ohio Inn & Massachusetts. This 110-year old institution is now the world’s largest and most compre- Suites, Hubbard, OH hensive museum devoted to the global story of whales, whaling and the history of Massachu- setts’ south coast region. We’ll visit the Sandwich Historical Society and Glass Museum PER PERSON RATES: which interprets the history of the Town of Sandwich, the oldest town on Cape Cod and its Double Occupancy $2189 history with American Glass production. One evening you’ll enjoy spectacular evening of din- Single Occupancy $2655 ing and dancing overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Dinner features a traditional New England Triple Occupancy $2149 Clam Bake complete with steamah’s chowdah and fresh steamed lobstah’. There are alter- nate entrees for the landlubbers. After dinner, gather round for the island sounds performed Final Payment Due 5/4/2017 by “My Brother’s Band.” Their “Life’s a Beach” show features tunes such as “Kokomo,” “Under the Boardwalk,” “Margaritaville” and numerous other favorites. In Rhode Island we’ll OPTIONAL TRAVEL CANCELLATION stop at the Green Animals Topiary Gardens that consists of 7 acres of land, a white clap- PROTECTION PLAN PER PERSON: board summer residence, farm outbuildings, a pasture and a vegetable garden. There are Double or Triple Occupancy $176 more than 80 pieces of topiary throughout the gardens including animals, birds, geometric Single Occupancy $216 figures and more. Our last stop in Rhode Island is in Newport, at The Breakers, the grandest Activity Level Moderate: Walking tours, walking of Newport’s summer “Cottages” and a symbol of the Vanderbilt family’s social and financial upstairs and/or uneven surfaces.