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Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, & Washington, DC
The Mid Atlantic Medley
Chapter 7
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Copyright © 2007 by Nelson, a division of Thomson Canada Limited
Getting There Air
Pennsylvania PHL, PIT
Maryland BWI
Virginia IAD
Washington, DC DCA, BWI & IAD
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Getting There Rail
AMTRAK, commuter trains & bus connections INTO Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington
Coach tours Becoming popular – no parking, and no getting lost in the
city Car
Other than traffic congestion and parking in Washington - popular
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When to Go Summer
Hot and humid Winter
Cold & snowy Fall
Foliage in Shenandoah Pocono's
Summer Washington
Spring & Summer SW Virginia
Sept to May
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Getting Around Highway systems
Good Tolls
Train & Bus connections Good
Tour operators
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Getting Around (cont.)
City Centres Subway
Excellent in PHL & WAS Taxis
Reasonable Tours most popular choice No cars in Colonial Williamsburg
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny Mountains History
Adoption of Declaration & Constitution Summer & winter resorts Close proximity
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Philadelphia www.gophila.com
1st capital of US Independence Mall
America’s most historic square mile
Independence Hall Constitution Declaration of
Independence signed National Liberty Museum
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Philadelphia (cont.)
Congress Hall US congress 1790 - 1800
Betsy Ross’s House 1st US flag
Liberty Bell Christ Church
Benjamin Franklin buried here Break from Church of England
Franklin Court Museum and exhibitions dedicated to Ben Franklin
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Philadelphia (cont.)
Museums Franklin Institute Science Museum
Playground for the mind – interactive Rodin Museum
Largest collection of Auguste Rodin sculptures outside France Museum of Art
3rd largest art museum in US Barnes Foundation
Renoir, Matisse, Degas & Picasso
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Philadelphia – Day Trips Philadelphia Zoo
1st zoo in US - 1859 Valley Forge State Park
George Washington lost 2000 men without a shot fired Reading
Outlet shopping mecca Fairmount Park
9200 Acres of parkland
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Pennsylvania Dutch Country Lancaster
Amish lifestyles, restaurants and craft shops Strasburg, Bird-in-Hand, Intercourse & Paradise
Hershey Chocolate Town USA
Resort & HERSHEY PARK
Harrisburg State capital
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Pocono Mountains 4 seasons of fun
Natural scenic beauty - 150 lakes Resorts
Honeymooners www.caesarspoconoresorts.com
Family Weekend getaways
Ski resorts Big Boulder, Jack Frost
Longest run 2km
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Pittsburgh www.visitpittsburgh.com
Frick Art Museum Home, gardens, garage & greenhouses of Henry Clay Frick
Carnegie Library, museums, art and culture
Fallingwater Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kaufmann family in 1935, the house
is built over a waterfall Sports Teams
Steelers, Penguins, Pirates Andy Warhol Museum
www.warhol.org
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Maryland www.mdisfun.org
Stop off or side trip Chesapeake Bay Annapolis
US Naval Academy State capital
Cuisine crab
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Baltimore, Maryland Inner Harbor
27 story Top of the World Observation USS Constellation Harborplace
121 stores National Aquarium Maryland Science Center Pride of Baltimore II
160ft schooner
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Baltimore (cont.)
Edgar Allan Poe House and cemetery
Oriole Park Camden Yards Babe Ruth Baseball Center
Fort McHenry National Monument 1814 Francis Scott Key wrote “Star Spangled Banner”
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Delaware www.visitdelaware.net
Dover Capital
NASCAR racing 1st State
Wilmington Winterthur
Henry Francis duPont’s country estate Beaches
Rehoboth Lewes
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Washington , DC
Monuments Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington Monument Lincoln Memorial Jefferson Memorial
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Washington , DC (cont.) Smithsonian
17 museums & zoo All free! “America’s Attic” www.si.edu
International Spy Museum Espionage in world events www.spymuseum.org
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Washington, DC (cont.)
The Mall Public promenade
from 3rd St to 14th
18 major sites along the Mall
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Washington, DC (cont.)
Arlington, Va National Cemetery
Tomb of the Unknowns
Capitol Hill www.capitolhillmap.com
White House www.whitehouse.gov
www.arlingtoncemetery.org
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Washington, DC (cont.)
Washington National Cathedral 2nd largest in US 215 stained glass windows ’68 - Rev Dr Martin Luther
King, Jr., preached his last Sunday sermon
www.cathedral.org/cathedral
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Virginia www.virginia.org
Mt Vernon George Washington's
estate and gardens
Monticello Thomas Jefferson’s
mountaintop home
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Tidewater Virginia
Historic region along Chesapeake Bay Williamsburg
88 original buildings and other home, shops and public buildings
Living museum – 18th C www.colonialwilliamsburg.org
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Tidewater Virginia (cont.)
Jamestown 1st permanent settlement 1607 –400 years ago www.jamestown1607.org The New World Festival Park
Yorktown Yorktown Battlefield Last major battle of American Revolutionary War
Beginning and end of English Colonial America
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Virginia (cont.)
Richmond State capital St John’s Church
1610 Only building that
survived the burning during the Civil War
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Shenandoah National Park Blue Ridge Mountains
Trails, camping, hiking Flora & fauna Appalachian Trail
165 km Skyline Drive
170 km scenic Luray Caverns www.luraycaverns.com
stalactite and stalagmite formations
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Accommodations Washington
Typically expensive Hotel market is business travellers Willard Intercontinental Watergate Hay Adams Hotel
Williamsburg Williamsburg Inn
Mennonite Farmhouses Guesthouses, B&B, hotels, motels, lodges and campgrounds