The Eastern Seaboard June 10th -18th, 2016 9 Days – Boston / New York City / Philadelphia / Gettysburg / Washington, D.C.

Tour Itinerary / Day 1 – Boston Arrive in Boston Take a walking tour of Boston The King’s Chapel Granary Burial Ground Boston Massacre site Boston Common Beacon Hill Public Library Dinner at Quincy Market

Tour Itinerary / Day 2 – Boston Plimoth Plantation and the Mayflower II Step back in time to the year 1624 Walk the village of Plimoth (that’s how the Pilgrims spelled it!) Talk to Pilgrims, see what they’re doing in their daily life Step aboard the Mayflower II – an exact replication of the original Mayflower! Take a guided tour of Boston and Cambridge Paul Revere House USS Constitution Old North Church Bunker Hill Freedom Trail Harvard Square Visit the Prudential Center Skywalk Observatory

Tour Itinerary / Day 3 – New York City Travel to New York Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art Visit Central Park Take a guided sightseeing tour of New York: 5th Avenue Rockefeller Center St. Patrick’s Cathedral Trump Tower Wall Street Greenwich Village SoHo Chinatown Little Italy Visit the Empire State Building by night

Tour Itinerary / Day 4 – New York City Visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Marvel at the 151-foot model engineered by Alexandre Gustav Eiffel, of Eiffel Tower fame Explore the Ellis Island Immigration Museum 9/11 Memorial and Museum Subway ride – one way Visit Times Square Attend a Broadway show

Tour Itinerary / Day 5 – Philadelphia Travel to Philadelphia John F. Kennedy Plaza LOVE Statue celebrating the “City of Brotherly Love”…PHILADELPHIA! Take a walking tour of Independence National Historic Park: Congress Hall Carpenters’ Hall Franklin Court Visit Independence Hall Visit the Liberty Bell Center Travel to Washington, D.C.

Tour Itinerary / Day 6 -- Gettysburg Travel to Gettysburg Gettysburg Visitors Center, Museum, & Cyclorama Experience Tour of Gettysburg National Military Park where 170,000 fought and 51,000 died during the Civil War’s bloodiest battle in July 1863. Four months later, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address here to commemorate the fallen.

Tour Itinerary / Day 7 – Washington, D.C. Visit Arlington National Cemetery Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Kennedy gravesites Robert E. Lee’s home Make a photo stop at the Marine Corps War Memorial/Iwo Jima Statue Take a guided tour of Washington, D.C. Washington Monument FDR Memorial Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Jefferson Memorial Make a photo stop at the White House Visit Mount Vernon Mansion and grounds Museum and education center George Washington's tomb Enjoy an evening activity

Tour Itinerary / Day 8 – Washington, D.C. Visit Capitol Hill U.S. Capitol and Visitor Center U.S. Supreme Court Library of Congress Visit the National Archives – see the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights!!! International Spy Museum – including OPERATION SPY! Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Take a night tour of Washington Lincoln Memorial WWII Memorial Korean War Veterans Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Tour Itinerary / Day 9 – Washington, D.C. Ford’s Theater – visit the theater where President Lincoln was assassinated Visit the Smithsonian museums of your choice: National Air and Space Museum National Museum of Natural History National Museum of American History Free time in Washington, D.C. (time permitting) Depart for home

Who can go on the trip? 1) Students who have STAMINA. This is a high energy trip!!! We are ON THE GO!!! If you get tired easily or just like to generally hang out and relax…this may not be the trip for you. 2) Students who are PASSIONATE about learning . Students who love history. This is an academic trip. An educational trip. It’s fun and exciting…but it is a HISTORY trip. So, if you do not like history…this may not be the trip for you. 3) Students who are RESPONSIBLE—who display good academic behavior and MATURE classroom behavior. We are traveling across the country—on planes, boats, buses, and trains—to countless historic sites, through major U.S. cities. So, if you are not a mature, responsible, respectful student…this may not be the trip for you. 4) Going on this trip is a privilege earned. If we see behaviors during the year that indicate that this trip is not for you due to a lack of the aforementioned behaviors, you will lose your spot and someone from the wait list will take your place.

Eastern Seaboard Tour Mission Statement So…if you think you would like to go on the trip, you need to be sure that you can commit to the following trip mission statement… Eastern Seaboard Tour Mission Statement   As a student traveler on the LTMS Eastern Seaboard trip I have a passion for learning.  I feel that this trip will allow me to further my knowledge of U.S. history and deepen my understanding of the content of a subject that I truly enjoy by visiting historical sites and museums first hand.  I understand that these are experiences that I should not take for granted and, if given the opportunity to attend, I will uphold behavior expectations set by my teachers and represent myself, my school, and my community in the most positive light.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 1) How do we get there? We fly into Boston, then we are on a tour bus to travel to NYC, Philadelphia, Gettysburg, and Washington, D.C. Then we fly out of Washington, D.C. and back to Austin. 2) How many people stay in each hotel room? 4 3) Do we get to choose who we room with? You get to fill out a request for the top 4 people you would like to room with and we can guarantee that you will room with at least one or two of those people.

PARENT INFORMATION MEETING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th For those who think they may be interested in going on the EASTERN SEABOARD TOUR 2016… PARENT INFORMATION MEETING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th 7:00pm in the LTMS Library Also, there will be information on Mrs. Buerk’s website on the Eastern Seaboard Tour 2016 tab later today that your parents can check out before the meeting.

QUESTIONS?!? Any questions?!? Ask your History teacher or you can stop by or email Mrs. Buerk!