Dear Parents/Guardians:

We are offering students at local area middle schools and high schools the opportunity to participate in an outstanding six-

day/five-night tour of Washington D.C., along with a special excursion to Philadelphia and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from

June 17-23, 2024. The tour will depart the morning of June17th and return the morning of June 23th. Your child will have the

unique opportunity to experience the nation’s capital, a virtual “living classroom,” with fellow classmates and teachers. They

will experience government in action and visit some of the most historic treasures of our country. A list of sites and special

features of this tour is presented on the next page. The tour has been prepared for us by Hoosier Travel, a fully insured travel

agency specializing in student group travel to Washington D.C., with over 22 years of experience.

The base price of the tour (based on 50 paid participants) is $1,500.00. Students will be housed in QUAD OCCUPANCY and

adults in DOUBLE OCCUPANCY. The trip cost for paying adults is $1,700.00 if two paying adults participate. Please read the

General Information, this cover letter, and Policy and Procedures pages carefully.

Standard features of this all-inclusive tour are:

 Roundtrip Transportation Aboard Premium Climate-

Controlled, Restroom-and Video-Equipped Bus (es)

 Meals Beginning with Lunch on Day 1 through

Dinner on Day 6

 Adult Chaperone for Every 15-17 students

 Hotel Security

 Quality Hotels (5 nights)

 Complete Lectured Sightseeing

 HT Staff/24 Hour Service

 All Taxes, Tips/Insurance Coverage Included

 All Admission Fees Included

To register your child for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, please apply online and submit initial deposit online or to your school’s

tour moderator, or if school is out Mail to Hoosier Travel LLC 623 State Street LaPorte, IN 46350.

1. Trip Application fully completed, signed, and returned.

2. Initial Non-Refundable Deposit ($250.00 for Student, $250.00 for adult) by check (payable to Hoosier Travel) or

by credit card, please contact us to pay by credit card, a secure link will be sent by email. Please note there is 3.5% fee added

to each payment paid by credit card

PAYMENT SCHEDULE

 Please note if you are just signing up for the first time make the deposit payment

PAYMENT SCHEDULE

PAYMENT#       DUE DATE                      STUDENT    ADULT

Deposit       Tuesday, 11/21/2023         $250.00     $283.00—please make the first payment by Check 

1                   Tuesday, 12/19//2023       $250.00     $283.00

2                  Tuesday, 1/23/2024`         $250.00     $283.00

3                  Tuesday, 2/20/2024         $250.00    $283.00
4                  Tuesday, 3/19/2024          $250.00     $283.00

5                   Tuesday 4/16/2024          $250.00     $283.00

6                   Tuesday, 5/14/2024          $250.00     $285.00

NATIONAL TREASURES TOUR SIGHTSEEING

Sightseeing is prepared from the list of sites indicated below. The sites included depend on specific appointments and optional excursions requested by the group as well as the time of year and days of the week the tour is planned.

 

WASHINGTON, D.C.

· Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial 

· United States Capitol Building    

· United States Supreme Court

· The Library of Congress

· Iwo Jima Marine Memorial

· Smithsonian Institution  
 -Air and Space Museum  
 -Natural History Museum

· The National Archives

· Union Station

· National Zoo–Panda Exhibit

· Embassy Row

· Korean War Memorial

· Thomas Jefferson Memorial

· World War II Memorial

· United States Holocaust Museum (permanent exhibit by appointment only)

· Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

· The White House

· Mount Vernon–George Washington’s estate

· Ford’s Theatre and Petersen House

· Kennedy Center

· Old Town Alexandria, Virginia

· Arlington National Cemetery

-Guard Changes-Tomb of the Unknowns 

-Wreath Laying (by appointment only)

-Challenger Memorial 

-Kennedy Gravesites

· Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial

· National Cathedral (by appointment only)

· Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial

· Abraham Lincoln Memorial

· Washington Monument (by appointment only)

· National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum

 PHILADELPHIA

· Independence National Historical Park  Liberty Bell    Benjamin Franklin Memorial

· Christ Church Betsy Ross House  Elfreth’s Alley 

· Independence Hall  National Constitution Center

 GETTYSBURG

· Gettysburg Museum Including the Cyclorama and Film at Museum

· Battlefield Tour on the Bus with Guides (up to two hours)

NEW YORK CITY

THE 911 MEMORIAL and Museum

 ADDITIONAL TOUR FEATURES

· Create-A-Video 

· Color Group Photo

· National Treasures Tour T-Shirt (please make sure to include your size on the registration page)

· Wreath Laying Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery (if confirmed)

· Washington National Cathedral (if confirmed)

· White House, Capitol or Pentagon Tour (if confirmed)

(Social Security number may be required for White House tour)

SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2023 

3:00 AM CST  DEPART FROM Bennett’s Up Towne Shoppes 623 State Street LaPorte, IN 46350   BEGIN CREATE-A-VIDEO 

DEPART FOR GETTYSBURG ABOARD ROYAL EXCURSIONS, DRIVING THROUGH THE NIGHT THROUGH INDIANA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, AND MARYLAND. REST STOPS EN ROUTE STOP AT MILE MARKER 100 OR 139 FOR DINNER ON OHIO TURNPIKE, USE YOUR OWN MONEY TO PURCHASE FOOD & SNACKS 

1:00 p.m. EST SWITCH DRIVERS AT BREEZEWOOD SERVICE PLAZA- EVERYONE MUST GET OFF BUS TO 

REFUEL, SOME OF OUR GROUP MAY WANT TO CHANGE CLOTHES AND FRESHEN UP AT THIS STOP Eat lunch here, meal money, Arby’s, Gateway Home Style Express, Dunkin, and Papi’s Pizza, Wings and Subs 2:30 p.m. EST--ARRIVE AT GETTYSBURG –visit downtown shoppes until we check in at hotel. 

4:00 p.m. EST Check in at the hotel. 

5:30 p.m. Supper at the Lincoln Diner 32 Carlisle St, Gettysburg, PA 717-334-3900 

7:00 p.m. BATTLEFIELD TOUR ON BUS WITH GUIDE—Ray Hinchey 717-357-9686 

9:00 pm Ghost Tour

10:00 pm check into our rooms, room check 10:30 IN ROOMS –SECURTIY ON DUTY, STUDENT WATCHERS ID  

MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2023 6:15 am WAKE UP 

6:30 am BREAKFAST 

7:15 am Room Check and pack up bus. 

7:45 am Depart 

8:00 Arrive at the Museum and Visitor Center at Gettysburg National Military Park, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg 8:30 CYCLORAMA AND FILM AT THE MUSEUM ORDER #2102823 After Cyclorama go into the Museum. 

10:30 Depart for Washington D.C. 

1:00 p.m. Arrive at the United States Capitol, 

Lunch at the Capitol Center Cafe 

2:00 p.m.  CAPITOL TOUR – Per Teddy Greanias from Rudy Yakym’s office 202-355-3126, Cell 708-315-1745 

3:30 p.m. TOURING- PER Mr. Sam FROM TOURING SITES LIST— 

7:30 LEAVE FOR HOTEL Hampton Inn & Suites 5821 Richmond Highway Alexandria VA 22303 (703)329-1400 8:30 PIZZA AT THE HOTEL 

TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023 

6:00 WAKE UP 

6:45 BREAKFAST 

7:15 DEPART TOURING- With OUR GUIDE Rohulamin “Ro” Quander 

8:00 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 

11:00 Washington National Cathedral--- order # 742273 12:00pm Lunch at the Reagan Center –Mail Money 

1:30 Group 1 FORD’S THEATRE—MUSEUM, Walk through THEATRE, PETERSON HOUSE: CENTER # 130014 

2:00 Group 2 FORD’S THEATRE—MUSEUM, Walk through THEATRE, PETERSON HOUSE: CENTER # 130014  

3:15 HOLOCAUST MUSEUM- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126: (202) 488-0400 302869679,302869309,302869957 

4:15 TOUR – PER “Ro” FROM TOURING SITES LIST 

6:00 TO PENTAGON CITY FOR SUPPER—MEAL MONEY 

7:00 ILLUMINATIONS TOUR -- PER “Ro” FROM TOURING SITES LIST 9:30 LEAVE FOR HOTEL 

10:00 IN ROOMS –SECURTIY ON DUTY, STUDENT WATCHERS ID 10:30 LIGHTS OUT 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2023 6:30 WAKE UP 

7:00 BREAKFAST 

8:00 DEPART TOURING- With OUR GUIDE Rohulamin “Ro” Quander 9:00 SUPREME COURT 

10:30 Washington Monument 

1:15 Library of Congress Timed Entry Confirmation 2:15 Depart 

3:30 MOUNT VERNON 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, VA,  

4:00 MANSION LINE ENTRY TIME order 

6:00 DEPART MOUNT VERNON - DRIVE THROUGH OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA 

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Items in bold are confirmed appointments and must be attended at the stated time. 

6:30 TO PENTAGON CITY FOR SUPPER—MEAL MONEY 

7:15 ILLUMINATIONS TOUR -- PER “Ro” FROM TOURING SITES LIST 9:00 LEAVE FOR HOTEL 

10:00 I N ROOMS –SECURTIY ON DUTY, STUDENT WATCHERS ID 10:30 LIGHTS OUT 

THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2023 

5:45  WAKE UP---- PACK YOUR LUGGAGE 

6:15 BREAKFAST/LOAD BUS 

7:00 am Bus DEPARTS for Philadelphia 

10:00am THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER MUSEUM, 525 ARCH STREET 

12:00 pm Lunch – PHILLY’S GOURMET STEAKS, 114 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA, 215-923-4397 

1:00 pm DEPART (Walking) Guide will meet us at PHILLY’S GOURMET 

 TOUR HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA; LIBERTY BELL, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MEMORIAL, CONGRESS HALL, 

BETSY ROSS HOUSE, CHRIST CHURCH AND ELFRETH’S ALLEY 

4:00 CHECK IN AT WYNDHAM HOTEL HISTORIC DISTRICT, 400 ARCH STREET PHILADELPHIA 215-923-8660 

5:15pm Walk to Old City Pizza for Dinner, 100 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, 215-574-9494 6:30 Eastern State Penitentiary Museum order 

8:30 ART MUSEUM TO SEE ROCKY STATUE, 2600 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PKWY., PHILADELPHIA. 

9:00 Return to the Hotel go to your rooms. 

9:30 IN ROOMS –SECURITY ON DUTY, STUDENT WATCHERS ID 

FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 

7:00  WAKE UP---- PACK YOUR LUGGAGE 

7:30 BREAKFAST 

8:00  ROOM CHECKS Load Bus 

8:30 Xeno’s Gift Shop, 231 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 215-922-1445 

9:20 am INDEPENDENCE HALL – RESERVATION (Need to be in line by 9:00) 10:30 am Depart Philly 

2:00 pm SWITCH DRIVERS AT BREEZEWOOD SERVICE PLAZA- EVERYONE MUST GET OFF BUS TO 

REFUEL, SOME OF OUR GROUP MAY WANT TO CHANGE CLOTHES AND FRESHEN UP AT THIS STOP 

Eat lunch here, meal money, Arby’s, Gateway Home Style Express, Dunkin, and Papi’s Pizza, Wings and Subs 

3:00 pm Flight 93 Memorial 6424 Lincoln Hwy, Stoystown, PA 15563 closes at 5:00 

4:00 pm  Depart for Home 

Arrive home ETA---12:00 – A.M. Saturday AT Bennett’s Up Towne Shoppes 623 State Street, LaPorte 

On the Way home from Philadelphia we will stop and visit the 911 Memorial and Museum in New York City