Itinerary for Monday, June 9: Philadelphia

Monday, June 9:  Philadelphia

7:00 a.m.              Breakfast with hosts

8:00 a.m.              Leave for Eastern State Penitentiary: Skippack Pike (PA 73 east, Bethlehem Pike south, Germantown Avenue south, Lincoln Drive southeast, Kelly Drive south, Fairmount Drive east.

9:00 a.m.              Arrive, Eastern State Penitentiary (www.easternstate.org); free parking on street

10:30 a.m.           Leave for Independence National Historical Park (www.nps.gov/inde).  East on Fairmount Ave to Broad Street (PA 611), south on Broad to City Hall and Market Street, east on Market to 2^nd Street, south on 2^nd to Walnut Street.  Find parking for the day near City Tavern .

11:00 a.m.           Pick up timed tickets for Independence Hall at Visitor Center

11:30 a.m.           Tour, National Constitution Center (www.constitutioncenter.org)

12:30 p.m.           Lunch, Bourse

1:00-2:45 p.m.   Walking Tour, Independence National Historical Park and Center City

·         Franklin Court

·         Christ Church

·         Elfreth’s Alley

·         Betsey Ross House

·         Free Quaker Meeting House

·         Merchant’s Exchange Building

·         Washington Square

·         City Tavern

·         First Bank of the United States

2:45 p.m.             Independence Hall Guided Tour

4:00 p.m.             Walking Tour, Center City, continued.

·         Starbucks J

·         Liberty Bell

·         Independence National Park Visitor Center

·         Market Street

·         City Hall

5:30 p.m.             Dinner, Fogo de Chao Philadelphia

7:00 p.m.             Walk to Penn’s Landing

9:00 p.m.             Return to Norristown and billets:  Market Street (US 30) to I-676; I-676 west to I-76; I-76                                                to US 202 (Norristown exit)

                                               

                               

                

Itinerary for Saturday, June 7: New York City

7:00 a.m.       Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-276) east; New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) north;       Exit 13 (I-278) east; exit Clove Street north; right on Victory Blvd; left on Bay Street to Parking and terminal.  (Breakfast:  fast food or prepared sandwiches, etc.)

10:00 a.m.     Arrive, Staten Island Ferry Terminal (www.siferry.com)

10:30 a.m.     Arrive, Whitehall Terminal

                                Obtain MTA Pay-Per-Ride Metro Card

                                Walk up Broadway to the following sites:

                                                Ground Zero Memorial (www.911memorial.org)

                                                Freedom Tower (www.wtc.com)

                                                Liberty Park/Zucotti Park, sit at Occupy Wall Street                                                                       encampment)

                                                Trinity Church (www.trinitywallstreet.org)

                                                Wall Street and New York Stock Exchange

                                                Federal Hall (www.nps.gov/feha)

               

12:00 p.m.     Lunch:  fast food

                        Visit South Street Seaport (www.southstreetseaport.com) and Brooklyn Bridge

1:15 p.m.        Subway, Wall Street and Broadway (Line 5, Lexington Ave. Express), exit 86^th Street Station.

1:45 p.m.       Arrive, Metropolitan Museum of Art (www.metmuseum.org)

3:00 p.m.      Central Park break

3:45 p.m.       Subway, 77^th Street Station (Line 5: Lexington Avenue Express) to Grand Central Station (www.grandcentralterminal.com); walk to 43^rd Street west to 5^th Avenue, then north to 48^th Street.

4:30 pm.        Arrive,  Rockefeller Center (www.rockefellercenter.com) Top of the Rock, then walk southwest to Broadway and Times Square

6:00 p.m.       Dinner:  fast food, Times Square

8:00 p.m.       Subway, 42^nd Street Station (Line 1:  Broadway 7 Avenue Local) to South Ferry

8:30 p.m.       Arrive, South Ferry

9:00 p.m.       Arrive, Staten Island Ferry Terminal, and return to Philadelphia

Itinerary for Friday, June 6: Gettysburg and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

7:00 a.m.              Breakfast, Mansours

9:00 a.m.              Leave Mansour residence.  North, US 15 towards Gettysburg,                                                      Pennsylvania

12:00 p.m.           Arrive, Gettysburg National Military Historical Park (www.nps.gov/gett)

12:00 p.m.           Lunch, prepared sandwiches and snacks

12:30 p.m.           Visitor Center and Museum tour (includes 22 minute video A New Birth of                                 Freedom)

1:30 p.m.             Self-guided tour, Gettysburg National Historical Military Park

4:00 p.m.             Leave Gettysburg area:  US 30 East to Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Left PA                                   23 to East Earl

6:00 p.m.             Dinner, Shady Maple Smorgasbord, 129 Toddy Drive, East Earl, PA 17519

                                (www.shady-maple.com)

7:00 p.m.             Leave East Earl, east US 322 to US 30; east US 30 to US 202; east US 202       to Norristown, Pennsylvania.

8:30 p.m.             Arrive, Philadelphia billets

      Ken and Mary Hanko

      125 Schuykill Avenue

      Norriston, Pennsylvania 19401

      Tel:  610 630 0491

                              Barbara Fluck

                              2301 Springview Lane

                              East Norriton, Pennsylvania  19401

                              Tel: 610 272 0235

                               

                              Nathan and Amanda Hanko

                              1718 Powell Street

                              Norristown, Pennsylvania  19401

                              Tel:  484 680 0476

                              David and Ludin Hanko

                              1724 Powell Street

                              Norristown, Pennsylvania  19401

                              Tel:  484 753 3068

Itinerary for Thursday, June 5: Washington DC

6:30 a.m.              Breakfast, Mansours

7:30 a.m.              Leave for Washington D.C. and Tidal Basin Parking. 

8:30 a.m.              Arrive, Tidal Basin Parking.  Students should have knapsacks with bottled          drinks and snacks. 

       Begin Walking Tour of West National Mall Monuments and Memorials: 

·         Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

·         World War One Memorial

·         Korean War Memorial

·         Lincoln Memorial

·         Vietnam Veterans Memorial

·         World War Two Memorial

·         Meanwhile, two members of the group wait in line at the United States Holocaust Museum to timed passes. 

10:30 a.m.           Group returns to vehicles at Tidal Basin parking for drinks and snacks

11:00 a.m.           Walking Tour continues:

·         Washington Monument

·         White House viewing

·         National Archives

12:30 p.m.           Lunch, Old Post Office

1:00-5:00 p.m.   Smithsonian Tours and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

·         Smithsonian National Museum of Nature and Science

·         Smithsonian National Museum of American History

·         Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

·         National Gallery of Art

·         National Museum of the American Indian

·         United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

5:00 p.m.             Meet at Capitol Reflecting Pool and Grant Memorial

5:30 p.m.             Dinner, Union Station

6:30 p.m.             Return to vehicles, Tidal Basin

7:00-8:30 p.m.   Walk to Jefferson Memorial and FDR Memorial

9:00 p.m.             Return to Haymarket, Virginia

10:00                    Arrive, Mansours

Itinerary for Wednesday, June 4: Washington DC

6:30 a.m.              Breakfast, Mansours

7:30 a.m.              Leave for Washington D.C.  East I-66 to Constitution Avenue; east on                 Constitution Avenue to 17^th Street; right on 17^th to Independence Ave;               right on Independence Ave westbound but get into left lane immediately to       get into eastbound lanes; Stay in right lane as you cross bridge; take                     immediate right to find free parking along the Tidal Basin. Park as near the       entrance to the parking area as possible. Ensure that no liquids but one               bottled drink each are in knapsacks before leaving vehicles.

8:30 a.m.              Walking Tour, East National Mall to Capitol Hill

·         Library of Congress self-guided tour (opens at 8:30 a.m.)

·         United States Supreme Court Building self-guided tour (opens at 9:00)

·         Senate Russell building to collect Senate and House gallery tickets

10:15 a.m.           United States Capitol Building Visitor Center

11:00 a.m.           United States Capitol Building guided tour (www.aoc.gov)

12:15 p.m.           Return to vehicles and lunch, prepared sandwiches and snacks

12:30 p.m.           Leave Parking; follow Independence Ave east to 14^th Street (US 1); south        on US 1 (becomes I-395 to Pentagon City Mall Parking; walk to Pentagon          Visitor Center.

1:00 p.m.             Arrive, Pentagon Visitor Center

2:00 p.m.             Guided Pentagon Tour and visit with USAF Chaplain and Brigadier General       Bobby V. Page.

3:30 p.m.             Leave Pentagon City Mall Parking; drive to Arlington National Cemetery

4:00 p.m.             Arrive, Arlington National Cemetery (www.arlingtoncemetery.org)

5:00 p.m.             Leave Arlington National Cemetery;

5:30 p.m.             Return, Mansours

7:00 p.m.             Dinner, Mansours

Itinerary For Monday-Tuesday, June 2-3, 2014: Seattle to Baltimore

4:30 p.m.             Leave Cornerstone Christian School parking lot

7:00 p.m.             Arrive, Seattle-Tacoma Airport

9:29 p.m.             Leave, Seattle on United flight #1695 

5:39 a.m.              Arrive, Newark, New Jersey;

7:00 a.m.              Breakfast, fast food, Newark International Airport

8:32 a.m.              Leave, Newark, New Jersey on United flight #4641

9:42 a.m.              Arrive, Baltimore-Washington International Airport

11:00 a.m.           Leave  BWI complex; west I-195; north, MD 295 to center city; right on             West Ostend Street; left on Light Street to parking garage, Baltimore Inner       Harbor

12:00 p.m.           Lunch, fast food, Baltimore Inner Harbor

1:00 p.m.             Leave Inner Harbor parking; south on Light Street, left on Key Highway;           left on East Fort Avenue

1:15 p.m.             Arrive, Fort McHenry National Monument (www.nps.gov/fomc)

4:00 p.m.            Leave for McHenry; east on East Fort Street to MD 2; south on MD 2 to I-        95; I-95 south to I-495; I-495 west/south to I-66; I 66 west to US 15; US        15 north to Lightner Road; follow Lightner Road to gate; Riding Club Drive        to Stream Valley Court.

6:30 p.m.             Arrive at Mansour residence:

                                Sam and Joanne Mansour

                                14980 Stream Valley Court

                                Haymarket, Virginia  20169

                                Tel:  703 753 5631 

7:30 p.m.             Dinner, Mansours