Magnificent Midwest Featuring Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Louisville, St. Louis & More Day 1 Schaumburg, IL a rich collection of historic artifacts and Welcome aboard! Our journey to the hands-on percussion instruments. We'll July 21-27, 2021 magnificent midwest begins as we end our day at the Soldiers and Sailors TOUR HIGHLIGHTS make our way across Wisconsin and into Monument and the Colonel Eli Lilly Civil Illinois. We'll arrive at our overnight in War Museum. The monument stands 284 Scottish Rite Cathedral & Lunch Schaumburg and a show at the Medieval feet, 6 inches high, only 15 feet shorter Underground Railroad Freedom Center Times Dinner Theater. Enjoy a delicious than the Statue of Liberty. Two hundred and a medieval jousting tournament thirty-one feet above the balcony level Belle of Louisville with 6 competing knights, real weapons, of the Monument is a glass enclosed Kentucky Bourbon Trail Center beautiful horses and a live flight of the observation deck, providing a panoramic Schimpff's Confectionery royal falcon. (D) view of downtown Indianapolis. You may go to the observation deck if you would Grant's Farm Day 2 Cincinnati, OH like if time allows, by walking 330 iron Gateway Arch & Boat Cruise Today we will travel south on I-65 to the stairs or riding an elevator (there is a fee & Much More! capital of Indiana, Indianapolis. We will and it is not included in the cost of the head downtown to the Scottish Rite tour), which will take you up to step 290, Cathedral, a historic building owned by and walking the final flight. The lower MEALS INCLUDED the Valley of Indianapolis Scottish Rite, level of the Monument houses the Colonel Breakfast (B): 6 Lunch (L): 1 Dinner (D): 2 an affiliated body of Freemasonry. It was Eli Lilly Civil War Museum. The museum PRICE PER PERSON built between 1927 and 1929 at the cost portrays Indiana’s contribution to the of $2.5 million. The Cathedral is one of the American Civil War, the war that saved the Reservation Deposit: $200 largest Masonic buildings in the world, union from being split into two nations Double (2 people/room): $1390 and the largest Scottish Rite building and ended the institution of slavery. Get Triple (3 people/room): $1370 anywhere. Lunch will be included here a glimpse into the lives of the Civil War Quad (4 people/room): $1350 in the cafe. Next, we visit the Rhythm! Soldier, both at battle and on the home Discovery Center. The world’s foremost front. We'll continue south to Cincinnati, Single (1 person/room): $1650 drum and percussion museum featuring Ohio and check-in to our hotel situated on IMPORTANT DATES & INFORMATION unique, interactive exhibits highlighting the Ohio River. (B, L) Final Payment Due: 6/6/21 Cancel for a Full Refund: 6/20/21 Passport Required? No Please note: no wheelchairs, scooters or strollers are permitted on the Observation Deck at the Gateway Arch. To reach the top and return, you must be able to manage at least 96 steps, divided into six flights, and you may need to stand for 30 –60 minutes. No seating or restrooms are located at the top of the Arch. *Riley’s purchases a Group Deluxe Protection Plan with Trip Cancellation/Interruption on behalf of all tour participants/travelers* RILEY’S | 1-800-288-8246 or 320-875-2491 | WWW.RILEYTOURS.COM out the interactive exhibits in the at the Gateway Arch Museum and discover how the Gateway Arch and the St. Louis region became the Gateway to the West. Then take the tram to the top--First, your guide will lead you through interactive, pre-boarding exhibits featuring 60s-era animations and Gateway Arch trivia,. Then board for the 4-minute Tram Ride to the Top where you will discover breathtaking views up to 30 miles in all directions. We will have the opportunity to view the Arch and downtown St. Louis on the Riverfront Boat Cruise. We will climb aboard a replica 19th century paddle-wheel riverboat and we travel through time along the "mighty" Mississippi River getting views of St. Louis and the Arch like you have never seen before. (B) Day 6 Peoria, IL Day 3 Louisville, KY day will end at Schimpffs Confectionery Heading north this morning and cross Experience Cincinnati today! First stop, where we'll get a guided tour of the Candy into Illinois to Springfield, home of the Underground Railroad Freedom Museum as well as a live demonstration of Abraham Lincoln from 1837 until 1861, Center. Bringing to life the importance - a small batch of Schimpff's famous hard when he went to the White House as and relevance - of struggles for freedom candy (generally Red Hots) being made President of the United States. A visit around the world, throughout history on antique equipment. (B) to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential and today. Explore exhibits like The Slave Library and Museum is a must! It is the Pen, Slavery Today and Open Your Mind: Day 5 St. Louis, MO largest Presidential Museum and uses Understanding Implicit Bias. After lunch, Our travels take us to St. Louis, Missouri 21st century technology to bring you we head over to Nancy & David Wolf this morning. Known as the Gateway back to the 19th century to life. Then we Holocaust & Humanity Center. We end to the West and located right on the will visit Lincoln's Tomb, the final resting our day on aboard the Belle of Louisville's Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Our first place of the 16th President of the United Riverboats for steamboat supper and stop gives us some history at the Ulysses States, his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and cruise of Louisville's harbor. (B, D) S. Grant Historic Site. He was stationed three of their four sons, Edward, William, with the U.S. Army at Jefferson Barracks, and Thomas. Continuing north, we travel Day 4 Louisville, KY a military post just south of St. Louis. to Peoria, Illinois for our overnight. (B) Today we begin at the Frazier History During that time, he met Julia Dent, who Museum, featuring the Kentucky Bourbon grew up nearby. They married in 1848. Day 7 Home Trail Welcome Center, Spirit of Kentucky After serving for eleven years in the U.S. Our travels bring us back home to Exhibit, the Charles W. Stewart Historic Army, Grant resigned his commission Minnesota today. (B) Miniatures Gallery and The German and decided to try his hand at farming Gallery, which together house hundreds at back at Julia's childhood home, White of the sets of toy soldiers and historical Haven. From 1854 to 1859, the Grant and miniatures. Featured historical items Dent families, along with enslaved African here include the bloedner monument, American laborers, lived and worked at president Theodore Roosevelt’s "big stick White Haven. We'll tour the property and and the family bible of Daniel Boone. We its five buildings while learning about life get an experience of a lifetime later at the in the 19th century while the Grants lived Payton Glass Activity Center. A guide there. We head to the farm site nearby, with show us around the studios and Grant's Farm to finish our morning and explain the art of glass. There will be artist have some lunch on your own. The there for us to watch fuse and blow glass. farm is an animal reserve home to such Then, it your turn! Everyone gets to make animals as buffalo, elephants, camels, something to bring home. Don't worry, kangaroos, donkeys, goats, peacocks, the they will show you what to do! After lunch iconic Budweiser Clydesdale’s and many time, visit the Muhammad Ali Center more. You can't go to St. Louis without to learn about his life and legacy. Our visiting the iconic Gateway Arch. Check RILEY’S | 1-800-288-8246 or 320-875-2491 | WWW.RILEYTOURS.COM.