Marist Singers National Festival of the States Washington, D.C.

A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF PEACE: Commemorating the

70TH

ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II and the

150TH

ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

May 26 – 28, 2015 (2 nights/3 days)

Day 1 Tuesday, May 26th

, 2015 (D)

7:00am Depart from Marist College

1:00pm Afternoon arrival in Washington, D.C.

2:00pm Visit the Spy Museum

Check into the Arlington Court Suites Hotel

6:30pm Dinner at Bertucci’s Italian Restaurant

Take an evening walking tour of the Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean, Franklin

Delano Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, and National World War II Memorials

Return to the hotel for overnight

Day 2 Wednesday, May 27th

(B, D)

8:00am Breakfast at the hotel

9:00am Morning free to tour the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Take a tour of one of the Smithsonian Institution Museums (individual choice)

Lunch, on own

Visit the Botanical Gardens (individual choice)

Visit Capitol Hill and see the Supreme Court and Capitol buildings

Marist College Chamber Choir formal concert as part of the

National Festival of the States 9:00pm Dinner at the Greene Turtle

11:00pm Bus transfer back to the hotel from the Verizon Center in front of the Greene

Turtle

Return to the hotel for overnight

Day 3 Thursday, May 28th

(B)

8:00am Breakfast at the hotel

Hotel check-out and board motorcoach

School visits/exchange performance opportunities with local High

School(s) Marist College Chamber Choir Mass participation at

local parish Lunch, on own

Visit the Iwo Jima Memorial and then visit Arlington National Cemetery

and view the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Visit the 9-11 Pentagon Memorial

4:00pm Afternoon departure for home

This is a very flexible itinerary. Except for confirmed appointments and performances, the

places of interest and the sequence of sightseeing might be changed if necessary or desirable. In

the event of an unavoidable conflict in the performance and the sightseeing schedule, the

concert schedule will prevail, and it may be necessary to exclude some sightseeing activities.

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