Harker 8th Fall: Washington, DC & Colonial Virginia 2022

– Relive the experience of America’s first permanent English colony at the Jamestown Settlement.

– Experience Colonial Williamsburg first-hand by meeting and talking with the shopkeepers, tradesmen, and everyday citizens; visit trade shops to watch the artisans as they create goods used and sold in the Revolutionary City.

– Visit Pamplin Park and Petersburg Battlefield to learn what life was like for the typical Civil War soldier during our Nation’s toughest trial while striving to live up to our founding ideals.

– Explore the Nation’s Capital: stop to take a picture at the White House; pay your respects at Arlington National Cemetery, where Harker students will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Nourish your knowledge through the amazing exhibits of the Smithsonian Museums on the National Mall, with visits to the Natural History Museum, American History Museum, Air & Space Museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Holocaust Memorial Museum; Marvel at D.C.’s must-see memorials: Lincoln, Jefferson, World War II, Martin Luther King Jr., and Iwo Jima to name a few.

– Meet with Harker Alumni who now live and work in DC and get ideas of how to become civically engaged beyond formal education.

– Enjoy a more festive break from all the historic sites in the evenings with the political comedy troup “Capitol Steps” at the Kennedy Center and a Dinner Dance Cruise on the Potomac. …and more!

*Your itinerary will evolve as the trip nears and more appointments are confirmed. The itinerary of visits to non-scheduled sites will likely change before and even during your trip. The above link will always provide you with the latest version of the itinerary as it develops.

Price is ALL-INCLUSIVE. Academic Expeditions agrees to provide each of the following goods and services for the duration of the tour to each participant traveling with The Harker School. The trip includes:

• Professional General Liability and Errors and Omissions Insurance Policy ($10,000,000)
• Round trip air between departure city (SFO, SJO, OAK) and destination city (Washington DC)
• All Airline imposed baggage fees
• Deluxe motor coach transportation with driver and all transfers (7 days – Gunther Motor Coach)
• Full time Professional Academic Expeditions tour educator per motor coach
• Premium accommodations – Embassy Suites Crystal City (4 nights) & Embassy Suites Williamsburg (2 nights)
• Private professional hotel night time security (6 nights)
• Entrance fees to all program sites and activities including US Capitol, Holocaust Memorial Museum, Mount Vernon, Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown Settlement, Pamplin Park, Ford’s Theater, Spy Museum
• All meals, including vegetarian options (6 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 7 dinners)
• Potomac River Dinner and Dance cruise
  
• Theater performance TBD
• All gratuities (tour leader and driver included) and all taxes
• Custom designed itinerary
• All supplemental guiding services
• 24 Hour emergency access number
• Personalized laser imprinted name badges, luggage tags and lanyards
• Custom Designed Water Bottles
• Professional Color Photograph for each traveler
• Personalized online Trip Info & Registration portal (without payment processing)
• Flower wreath with school name
• Travel Protection Plan providing coverage for Cancellation, Interruption, Missed Connection, Travel Delay, Accident & Sickness Medical Expense, Evacuation, and Baggage Loss/Delay 
• Option to add Cancel for Any Reason (CFAR) benefit to your insurance plan – cancel up to 48 hours prior to departure and receive 75% of nonrefundable payments or deposits paid to Academic Expeditions, less any refunds provided