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Spartanburg Day School Trip to Washington, DC, October 5 — 8
Monday, October 5
7:00 am — depart SDS by motorcoach for the drive to the nation’s capital
mid-afternoon ~ arrive in Washington / the National mall
4:00 pm — Washington Monument
4:45 pm — National Museum of Natural History
5:45 pm — Grant Memorial / Capitol photo op
drive to hotel / check in (the Days Inn Connecticut Avenue)
dinner ~ Comet Ping Pong (pizza)
return to the hotel for the overnight
‘Tuesday, October 6
9:00 am — arrival on Capitol Hill; walking tour of the grounds; visit to the historic Russell
Senate Building, and the offices of Senators DeMint and Graham (group will split up for
office visits); visit to the Library of Congress (Jefferson Building); visit to the new,
underground Capitol Visitor Center
10:50 am — guided Capitol visit
12:45 pm — lunch
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
2:30 pm — Holocaust Memorial Museum
4:15 — Smithsonian National Zoo
return to the hotel
dinner in Union Station [food court]
evening visits to several memorials: FDR; Jefferson; Lincoln; Vietnam Veterans; Korean
Veterans
return to the hotel for the overnight
Wednesday, October 7
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9:00 am ~ Ford’s Theatre
10:30 am — the White House (tour)
11:15 am — walk to the American History Museum for lunch and a visit
12:35 ~ depart from lunch
1:15 pm — guided National Cathedral tour
3:00 pm — Georgetown / canal boat tour
4:45 pm — Jon Sawyer, the Pulitzer Center
5:45 pm — return to hotel
dinner [choice of ethnic restaurants near the hotel]
return to the hotel for the overnight
ursday. October 8
8:30 am ~ Arlington National Cemetery
10:00 am — the Newseum
11:30 am — depart for home
early lunch / snack at the Pavillion Café [National Sculpture Garden]
arrive in Spartanburg around 8:00 — 9:00 pm
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