Gettysburg

February 2, 2016

Day 1 – Arrival

  • Introduction and Orientation to National Mall
  • Iwo Jima Memorial
  • Kennedy Center
  • Canadian Embassy

Day 2 – Focus: Branches of Government and Balance of Powers

  • Capitol Building
  • Library of Congress
  • Supreme Court
  • National Archives
  • White House area – Lafayette Park and Ellipse
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
  • FDR and Jefferson Memorials

Day 3 – Focus: “Freedom is not Free”

  • Arlington National Cemetery*
  • Smithsonian Museums of Air & Space, American History, and Natural History
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • WWII, Vietnam, Korea War Memorials

Day 4 – Focus: “New Birth of Freedom”

  • Gettysburg National Cemetery
  • Visitor’s Center & Exhibits
  • Driving tour of Gettysburg Battlefield
  • Washington Monument
  • Embassy Row
  • National Cathedral

Day 5 – Focus: Role of the Citizen

  • Mount Vernon
  • Old Town Alexandria
  • Ford’s Theater and Petersen House
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

*Optional Wreath Laying Ceremony (must be arranged well in advance)