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WASHINGTON
MONUMENT
Of all the Presidents
of the United States, George Washington is the most ebrated. Efforts
to commemorate his legacy began during his lifetime and continue to
this day. Down through the years they have taken on many forms. His
leadership and service to the republic have been distinguished through
the naming of the federal capital, universities, streets, counties,
and a state. In addition to these honors, he had been remembered in
works of art, monumental buildings, and historic preservation, involving
Americans of all walks of life. But none have captured the imagination
of the people world-wide like the Washington Monument.
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4 Days, 3 Nights
Dates: May 24 - 27, August 29 - September 1
This Fully Escorted Tour includes:
Snacks & refreshment
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3 nights Deluxe Hotel —Hilton Hotel, (Rockville)
* 3 complete buffet breakfasts.
* Professionally Guided tour (1 1/2
days) — The White House,
Smithsonian Institute, Capitol Hill,
The FDR Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, House of Representatives,
Lincoln Memorial, Changing of the guard, Post office Museum, Jefferson
Memmorial,
Ford's Theatre, Building Museum, National Cathedral, Viet Nam and
Korean memmorials and more.
* Duty free shopping. *
Free time at the Smithsonian Institute
or the Holocaust Museun
* Limousine home pick up (refer to pick up
information)
NOTE:
OUT OF COUNTRY INSURANCE NOW AVAILABLE
C$529
dbl.
C$509 triple,
C$689
single
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Situated
on the South side of the Tidal Basin, in West Potomac park, the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial is one of the cities most picturesque
landmarks. Dedicated in 1943, on the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's
birth, this simple circular classical white marble monument is in
keeping with a style much favored by the third U.S. president, architect,
scholar and political thinker. At its center, a towering 19-foot
bronze portrait statue (the plaster one, in position until after
WWII, is in the basement, too large to be removed intact) stands
on a 6-foot pedestal. Panels are inscribed with excerpts of Jefferson's
writing, including one that best sums up the man: "I have sworn
upon the alter of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny
over the mind of man." The view from the steps is magnificent, especially
at night when a halo of blue light crowns the structure. Cherry
blossom season (March/April) bestows added beauty to the site. Park
rangers give 15-minute talks several times an hour.
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The Smithsonian Institution
is an educational and research institution and associated museum complex,
with most of its facilities in Washington, D.C. It consists of 19
museums and seven research centers, and has 142 million items in its
collections. It is administered and funded by the government of the
United States. The Smithsonian
Institution was founded for the promotion and dissemination of knowledge
by a bequest to the United States by the British scientist James Smithson
(1765–1829). In Smithson's will, he stated that should his nephew,
Henry James Hungerford, die without heirs, the Smithson estate would
go to the United States of America for establishing an "Establishment
for the increase & diffusion of Knowledge among men".
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