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Getting off the bus that
transported students from the airport to the hotel |
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Relaxing in the hotel lobby
before leaving to tour the monuments and memorial sites |
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Students at the Metro Center
Subway stop in Washington, D.C. |
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Students riding the Subway in DC. |
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Students visited the Lincoln
Memorial at night.
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Students toured the Pentagon
in Virginia. |
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The podium at the Pentagon
Press Briefing Room
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Waiting for the subway to arrive. |
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The group visited The White
House grounds. |
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Only steps away from the front of the Old
Executive Building
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Just outside the North Lawn fence |
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Visit to the U.S. Memorial
Holocaust Museum |
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Since its dedication in 1993,
the Museum has welcomed nearly 30 million visitors. |
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Having fun at ESPN Zone. |
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A unique sports 41,000 square foot
sports center |
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If you want to have a quiet
conversation, skip the ESPN Zone in Washington, DC |
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It’s the place for the true
sports junkie. |
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JFK Burial Site |
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Seniors pose with the Curtis-Lee Mansion at Arlington in the back. |
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Before the Civil War it was home to General
Robert E. Lee. |
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Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns
by members of the 3rd US Infantry. |
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It is the Nation’s and our Army’s
oldest active duty Infantry unit, established on June 3, 1784.
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"The Old Guard"
3rd US Infantry Regiment is the
Army’s most prestigious and historic unit. |
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It showcases the Army to our nation's citizens
and the world, and defends the dignity and honor of fallen
comrades. |
25
Statue of Benjamin Franklin at The Old Post Office Pavilion.
It's between the Capitol and the White House. |
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Next to Fords Theater, across from the FBI building, and a short walk from The White
House.
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It was here on Apr. 14, 1865 that Lincoln was
fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth.
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Across the street from the Library of Congress |
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The fresco painted on the interior of the Capitol's dome titled The Apotheosis of Washington. |
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Office of the Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, second in line of presidential succession. |
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Sitting on the southeast steps of the U.S.
Capitol
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Waiting at Union Station for the Amtrak to
New York.
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All aboard Amtrak's Metroliner for the next three-and-a-half hours. |
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The comfortable and convenient way to
travel from Washington to New York City. |
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9:30 p.m. arrival at Penn
Station in Midtown Manhattan |
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1 a.m. in the streets of THE BIG APPLE |
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At 30 Rockefeller Plaza on 49th Street for The
Today Show |
38
This firehouse lost fifteen firefighters at the
World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. |
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You can see all of New York City aboard a double
decker bus. |
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The Empire State Building from East 34th Street |
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Looking up from Broadway and 34th Street
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Gray's Papaya is a hot dog restaurant on the West Side of Manhattan. |
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The Queensboro Bridge links Manhattan with
Queens. |
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The Trump World Tower at United Nations Plaza is
one of the most luxurious residential towers in the world. |
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The NBC Studios are located inside the GE Building at Rockefeller Center. |
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Traffic-jams in mid-town are speckled with many
of the over 10,000 yellow cabs that service the city.
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New York's Central Park is 843 acres in the heart of Manhattan. |
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Busking is the practice of performing in public places for tips and gratuities. |
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Off to see the Broadway show |
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At the 'Tribute World Trade Center' Visitor Area
at Ground Zero |
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Artiie reads family tributes to their lost
ones.
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Outside the Tribute-WTC Visitor Center on Liberty
Street
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Aboard the ferry
"Miss New York" |
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The ferry leaves from Battery Park in Manhattan. |
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Approaching Liberty Island |
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The Statue of Liberty stands 151 feet tall.
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Street performers entertain the crowds waiting
for the harbor ferry at Battery Park. |
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The park is named for the
battery of cannons once located here guarding New York. |
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Battery Park concealed the underground
headquarters of the Men in Black (1997). |
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The park is located at the southern tip of Manhattan, facing New York Harbor. |
Home
Sweet Home |
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