Join your AP classmates on an in depth Washington D.C. field trip. In addition to seeing many of the iconic sites of our nation’s capital city, you will have an opportunity for in-depth study at some of the institutions and museums that collect and store historic artifacts and documents. Enjoy D.C. at night including a show at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as well as a night tour of the monuments.  This is a great opportunity to make your academic studies come to life in Washington, D.C. 

• Luxury Motorcoach transportation with restroom, reclining seats, A/C, DVD player
• Major museums in Washington D.C. area including African American History Museum, Marine Corps Museum, Smithsonian Museum of American History, Natural History, Air and Space Museum
• Tickets to “Sheer Madness” or similar show (pending availability)
• Night tour of D.C. with stops at major monuments 
• Guided touring 
• 3 hot buffet style breakfasts, 4 lunches and 4 dinners
• 3 nights at Hyatt Place near Dulles Airport in suburban Northern Virginia
• Night security at the hotel
• Taxes and gratuities

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Bus arrives at Mt. Vernon High School 300 Newark Rd. Mt. Vernon OH

Depart for Washington, D.C.

Rest stop TBA

Service Plaza: TimeSaver Box Lunches (Subway)

Arrive in Washington D.C. and stop at the National Archives for viewing of Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence. Also, tour the Public Vaults, an interactive exhibit featuring historic examples of how the words of The Preamble to the Constitution have been carried out over the last 220 years!

Dinner at Reagan Center food court (vouchers)

Walk from Reagan Center to Lafayette Park for White House photo op

Walk from Lafayette Park to World War 2 Memorial

Pickup up  World War II Memorial

Arrive at Hyatt Place 4994 Wetstone Plaza Chantilly, VA

Lights out, quiet in rooms (overnight security)

Hot breakfast buffet is served in our hotel

Leave hotel for George Washington’s Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon- mansion tours, museum visit and primary source document study

Lunch at Mt. Vernon or TBD

Leave Mount Vernon

National Archives

White House Tour (pending approval)

Or Smithsonian Museum of American History

Pickup TBD

Dinner and Shopping at Pentagon City Fashion Place Mall

Drop off at Lincoln Memorial: Tour Korean War, Vietnam War and Lincoln Memorials

Pick up on Henry Bacon Drive by Vietnam War Memorial and depart for hotel

Lights out, quiet in rooms (overnight security)

Wake up and breakfast buffet

Leave Hotel

Library of Congress document study and tour including new 19th Amendment exhibit.

Lunch at U.S. Capitol food court (voucher)

United States Capitol Tour, Gallery and visit with U.S. Rep. Robert Gibbs (pending)

Supreme Court visit

Depart Capitol Hill for Kennedy Center

Sheer Madness-America's Hilarious Comedy Improve Whodunit  (tickets pending)

Dinner at TBD

Lights out, quiet in rooms (overnight security)

Wake up and breakfast buffet in hotel

Check out of hotel and load buses

Depart for Air and Space Annex near Dulles Airport

Tour Smithsonian Air and Space Annex major attractions: Space Shuttle and Enola Gay World War II bomber.

Depart Air and Space Annex for lunch

Lunch buffet at Golden Corral, 17635 Valley Mall Rd. Hagerstown, MD 21740

Fast food stop (dinner on your own)

Approximate arrival time back at Mt. Vernon HS