Day 1
5:45
Arrived Baton Rouge Airport
11:15 Departed Atlanta
Delta Flight #1442
11:55
Baltimore/Washington Airport
1:30 Boarded
Oleta bus with our guide
2:00
Quick McDonald's stop
2:30
Off to Mt. Vernon
3:00 Toured
Mt. Vernon
(Washington's
home and tomb)
4:50 Passed Fort
Washington on our
way to Old
Town Alexandria.
We saw a tiny
house, the home of
Robert E. Lee and the
church that
George Washington attended.
5:30 Armand's:
Pizza, salad & Oreos
6:30
Off to the Capitol
where
we saw
the rotunda, Statuary Hall,
the
House
& the Senate.
8:05 At
the Archives we saw the
Constitution,
the Declaration of
Independence
&
Magna Carta
8:35
Visited Korean War Memorial,
viewed the Reflecting Pool and
the
19 foot tall Lincoln Memorial.
We saw the Vietnam Wall &
the Women's War Memorial.
9:50 Picture
stop on Einstein's lap.
10:35 Days Inn Dulles, in Herndon, VA
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Day 2
7:00
Wake
up call
8:00
Breakfast at
Days Inn
8:30
Departed
for city
9:00 Arrived in the city
9:20 Washington Monument tickets
9:30 Visited the Library of
Congress
10:00 Supreme Court tour
including
the self
supporting spiral staircase
11:15 Lunch at the Old Post Office
12:20 American History &
Natural
History Smithsonians
Don't forget
the Hope
Diamond!
2:45 Off
to the National Cathedral,
where we
ascended the tower.
5:15 Off
to Alfio's!
5:30 Lasagna or spaghetti, salad and
ice cream
at Alfio's!
6:30 To the Washington
Monument.
7:00 555 feet 5 1/8 inches to the
top
of the Washington Monument
8:00 First the Jefferson Memorial
then the FDR
Memorial
9:15 Kennedy Center Hall of
Flags
Watergate is across the street.
9:55 Iwo Jima Memorial
10:45 Returned
to the hotel
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Day 3
7:00 Wake
up call
8:00 Breakfast at Days Inn
9:30 Shopping near Ford’s Theater
10:30 In Arlington Cemetery, we saw
the home of
Robert E. Lee, the
graves of John F.
Kennedy and
Robert Kennedy.
After the
Changing of the Guard,
4 group
members placed a wreathe at
the
Tomb of the Unknowns.
1:00 Subway
ride to
Pentagon City for
lunch
2:15 Passed the Pentagon on the way to
the Shrine of the
Immaculate
Conception
2:45
Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception and shopping
5:15
Off to Burn Brae Dinner
Theater
6:15 Arrived at Burn
Brae for 8pm
performance of
Lil
Abner
11:45 Arrived
at Days Inn Hotel
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Day
4
6:15
Wake up call
7:45 Bags on bus
8:15 Departed
for the city
9:00 Ford's Theater where
Lincoln
was shot
& Petersen House
where Lincoln
died
10:40 White
House Visitor's Center
11:20 Bureau
of Printing and
Engraving
So much
money!
1:00 White
House picture stop
1:40 Lunch at
Air and
Space Smithsonian
2:30 Departed
the city for
Baltimore/Washington
Airport
4:10 Delta
#1221 to Atlanta
6:12 Arrived
Atlanta
7:40 Departed Atlanta Delta #1083
8:14
Arrived
in Baton Rouge
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