American Heritage Tour

Day 1

Depart your home city for Washington, D.C., where you will be met at the airport by your JE representative. Your first stop will be the Smithsonian museum of your choice. The group can either go to one museum or divide up among several museums. Afterward, you will head over to the National Archives to see some of the most important documents in U.S. history, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. In the evening, the group will have dinner in a local restaurant and then take a walking tour around the mall of the Washington, Jefferson and F. Roosevelt memorials. After checking into the hotel at the end of the day, there will be a time for devotions before lights out.

Day 2

Breakfast will be served at the hotel. During the morning, you will enjoy an exterior visit to the White House, followed by Lafayette Square and the Department of the Treasury. While there, you will have time for photos and shopping among the local street vendors. Lunch will be in the city today, followed by an afternoon visit to the Capitol Building and a walk over to the Supreme Court. (Optional tours must be arranged through a member of Congress.) You’ll have dinner in the city and then take a walking tour of the war memorials for World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Your evening will end with devotions at the hotel.

Day 3

Breakfast will be served at the hotel, followed by check-out. Afterward, the group will visit Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where you will witness the awesome changing of the guard ceremony. You will also visit the John F. Kennedy memorial and make a stop at Arlington House. Before leaving Arlington, the group will drive by the Iwo Jima memorial, which celebrates one of the most costly victories of World War II. In the afternoon you will visit the Holocaust Memorial Museum to remember those who perished at the hands of the Nazis. Your visit to the capital will close with a transfer to the airport for your flight home.