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FREE
AIR PROFESSIONALLY
HOSTED AND
FROM BISMARK
OR FARGO ESCORTED
America’s Heritage of the East
featuring Washington, DC, Williamsburg and New York City
Departure Date: May 20, 2022
America’s Heritage of the East
Tour Gettysburg National Military Park Museum National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center
DAY 1 Arrive in Washington, DC: Your tour begins with an independence. Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living
included transfer from Washington Reagan National Airport. history museum in the country and one of America’s most
Tonight, meet your tour manager at 6:00 p.m. for a welcome popular attractions. Stroll streets dating back to the 1700s.
dinner followed by and illumination tour of DC to see the Converse with residents playing the roles of their ancestors as
memorials and monuments bathed in light. Meal: D they go about their daily activities exactly as they did more than
200 years ago. It’s an exciting glimpse into the early days of
DAY 2 Washington, DC Memorials and Mount Vernon: A our nation. A traditional Colonial tavern dinner sets the mood
local guide joins you for a narrated tour of Washington, DC’s for our stay in historic Williamsburg. Meals: B, D
National Mall where you’ll see the FDR, Vietnam and Lincoln
Memorials. You’ll also make a stop at the National WWII DAY 5 Edgar Alan Poe, Michie Tavern and Monticello: Begin
Memorial, the first national memorial dedicated to all who with a stop at the Edgar Alan Poe Museum in Richmond which
served during World War II. No tour of colonial America is houses the world’s largest collection of Poe memorabilia. Then,
complete without a stop at Mount Vernon, the expansive estate stop for lunch at historic Michie Tavern which has welcomed
of George and Martha Washington. Visit the Ford Orientation travelers for more than 200 years. Crossing the threshold you
Center and the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and explore the enter another time as the costumed hostess welcomes you
mansion filled with 18th-century treasures. Stroll the gardens of into the past as a “stranger,” an early 18th-century term for a
this 45-acre estate and take in the views of the Potomac River traveler. Carry on to Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, the
from the mansion’s piazza. Meal: B author of the Declaration of Independence. You’ll tour the home
and experience a “Day in the Life” of Jefferson through artifacts,
DAY 3 Arlington National Cemetery and Jamestown: Begin personal possessions and “mechanical inventions” found
the day with a visit to Arlington National Cemetery* and the throughout the home. Meals: B, L
John F. Kennedy Memorial. View the Changing of the Guard
at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Women in Military DAY 6 Shenandoah National Park and Harpers Ferry
Service Memorial. Depart DC and arrive at Jamestown, the National Historic Park: This morning travel a section of
site of America’s first permanent English colony. Explore life at the scenic Skyline Drive through Shenandoah National
the dawn of the 17th-century inside the palisade of a re-created Park (weather permitting) along the crest of the Blue Ridge
colonial fort and discover the world of Pocahontas in the Mountains. At Harpers Ferry National Historic Park board a
Powhatan Indian Village. Meal: B shuttle bus to this historic community located at the confluence
of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. These picturesque
DAY 4 Yorktown and Colonial Williamsburg: Start the streets with quaint shops were the sites of the Gettysburg
day at Yorktown and the American Revolution Museum. Here, Campaign and Birth of West Virginia in 1863. Later, arrive in
the story of the nation’s founding from the colonial period to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, site of the Union victory which many
the dawn of the Constitution is told. At Yorktown Battlefield believe to have been the turning point in the U.S. Civil War.
learn how George Washington’s forces besieged the British Meal: B
army thus ending the Revolutionary War and ensuring
1 Hotel Overnights
Visit
NEW
Tour Route YORK
New York City
2
PENNSYLVANIA
Gettysburg 2 Philadelphia
Harpers
Ferry National
Monument
Atlantic Ocean
Shenandoah Washington, DC
National Park Arlington 2
WEST
VIRGINIA Charlottesville
1
Richmond
Shenandoah National Park
VIRGINIA 2 Yorktown
Williamsburg
DAY 7 Gettysburg National Military Park: At the Gettysburg
National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center you begin
with the Morgan Freeman-narrated feature film A New Birth
of Freedom. Also, see the restored Cyclorama painting, the Tour Highlights
Battle of Gettysburg, the largest painting in the country. Then,
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a licensed Gettysburg guide leads you on an in-depth look at • 14 Meals: 9 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 3 dinners
this historic three-day battle. Learn about the “Peach Orchard” • Round trip airport transfers
and “Roundtop” while passing through the hallowed ground of • Washington, DC touring including the National WWII,
what became the major turning point of the war. Lunch is at the FDR, Vietnam and Lincoln Memorials
Dobbin House Tavern, the oldest building in Gettysburg, which
• Visit George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate
features historic furnishings and costumed wait staff. Later,
• Arlington National Cemetery and Changing of the Guard
visit the Eisenhower National Historic Site, home of the 34th
at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, which welcomed dignitaries
from all over the world. Meals: B, L • Visit Jamestown Settlement, Powhatan Indian Village,
Yorktown and the Museum of the American Revolution
DAY 8 National Constitution Center and Philadelphia: Depart • Experience Colonial Williamsburg and enjoy a
Gettysburg for Philadelphia, home to the greatest concentration traditional Tavern dinner
of American history in the country. A local guide joins in for a • Visit the Edgar Alan Poe Museum in Richmond
tour of the city including Independence National Historical Park • Tour Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and have lunch at
where you will see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Michie Tavern
Later, you continue to “The Big Apple,” New York City. Meal: B • Travel a portion of scenic Skyline Drive through
Shenandoah National Park
DAY 9 New York City Touring and Broadway Show: A local • Visit Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
guide will lead a panoramic tour covering New York’s uptown
• Tour Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and
and downtown sites including Central Park, Wall Street,
Visitor Center along with the battlefield
Chinatown, Broadway, Battery Park and much more. This
afternoon, you pay a stirring visit to the National September 11 • Included lunch a Dobbin House Tavern
Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center. Here, tribute • Narrated tour of Philadelphia including Independence
is paid to those who lost their lives and to those whose heroics Hall and the Liberty Bell
brought the nation together. After your farewell dinner, take • Spend two nights in New York City and see
your seat at one of Broadway’s top smash-hit shows. Meals: B, D Central Park and Wall Street
• Reserved seats to a smash Broadway show
DAY 10 Home: Your adventure ends with a group transfer to • $50 in Mayflower Money
New York La Guardia Airport for flights out after 12:00 p.m.
Meal: B
America’s Heritage of the East
Jamestown Settlement ships; Godspeed, Discovery and Susan Constant
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Travelers Protection Plan (TPP) – $200 per person INCLUDED
Days 1 and 2 – Sheraton Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia This nonrefundable fee waives all cancellation fees when we are notified of cancellation one day before
the tour departs. If you must leave the tour early due to personal illness, illness or death of a member of
Days 3 and 4 – Woodlands Inn, Williamsburg, Virginia your immediate family, TPP guarantees full refund for any unused services after the departure of the tour.
Other benefits include medical expenses for illness and injury, emergency transportation, 24 hour hot line,
Day 5 – Hampton Inn, Charlottesville, Virginia and lost or stolen baggage assistance. Return air transportation is included ONLY if your air tickets were
provided by Mayflower Cruises & Tours. If you purchase the optional Travelers Protection Plan (TPP), you
Days 6 and 7 – Courtyard by Marriott, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania will be refunded all payments, including deposit amount, less the TPP premium amount.
Days 8 and 9 – The Row, New York, New York Cancellation Charges Without Traveler’s Protection Plan (TPP)
• 91 days or more Deposit Amount
• 90 to 45 days prior 20% of tour cost
*Valid U.S. state or federal government-issued photo identification • 44 to 15 day prior 30% of tour cost
required for entry to Arlington National Cemetery. • 14 to 1 day prior 40% of tour cost
• Day 1 of departure 100% of tour cost
or early departure from tour
• No refund on unused portions of the tour
Per person twin Single
based on double room Exclusions: Mayflower Cruises & Tours reserves the right to alter its refund and cancellation policy when
2022 Departure
occupancy add a substantial amount of cancellation or postponement of travel is attributable to: conditions resulting
from an act of God, natural or man-made disaster, fire, government action, civil disorder, war, hostilities
May 20 $4,699 $1,499 between nations, or unavailability of transportation through no fault of Mayflower Cruises & Tours.
Pricing includes round trip BIS or FAR air, on tour
FOR RESERVATIONS OR INFORMATION CONTACT:
baggage handling, transfers, Travel Protection Plan and
professional tour manager
Rooms for the night before and after the tour are available. Cost for a
Jack Jensen
room in Arlington is $289 and in New York City is $459, tax included. (701) 880-2273 cell
Real ID or passport required to fly within the United States beginning (800) 261-6674 office
October 1, 2021. For more details contact a travel specialist.
TOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL
jack@jensentravelexperts.com
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