2026 American Heritage Tour
Wednesday : March 11
Meet at Ladera Vista at 6:00 pm to check in. After check in we will board the bus to the airport for overnight flight to Boston’s Logan Airport. United Flight 2210 departs at 10:39 pm. Arrives in Boston at 7:04 am.
Thursday : March 12
Arrive at Logan Airport in Boston and meet our bus drivers, Tina (bus #1) and Estelle (bus #2)
After breakfast at McDonalds, tour Lexington Green and North Bridge in Concord
Driving Tour of Boston including Harvard, MIT, Boston Common, Massachusetts State House, Boston Massacre Site and Fenway Park
Lunch and shopping at Quincy Market
Walking tour of the Freedom Trail, going by Old North Church and Paul Revere’s House
Copp's Hill Burial Ground
Travel to Plymouth to view Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower 2
Papa Gino's Dinner in the Hotel
Overnight in Plymouth
Friday : March 13
Depart for New York City
Cruise over to Liberty Island and visit the Statue of Liberty - Lunch on Liberty Island cafeteria
Return to NYC to tour Battery Park, Wall St., Federal Hall, and a visit to the 9/11 Memorial
Nighttime tour and shopping in Times Square as a large group
Dinner at Vanderbilt Market <-- Link
Overnight in New Jersey
Saturday : March 14
Travel to the United States Military Academy, for a guided tour of West Point
Depart West Point for Pennsylvania
Lunch at Apple Green Plaza
Drive to Hershey Pennsylvania
Dinner in at the Farnsworth House and historic ghost tour - Buffet
Overnight in Gettysburg
Sunday : March 15
Tour Gettysburg National Battlefield Park and visit the scenes of Pickett’s Charge, Devil’s Den, Little Round Top, The Angle and more
Gettysburg Souviner shopping - Lunch at "Outlet Shoppes- Food Court"
Drive to Washington DC - Smithsonian of African American History and Culture
Chevy's Mexican Buffett Dinner in Alexandria
Walk to Vietnam Memorial - Korean War Memorial - Lincoln Memorial
Drop off @ WWII and walk to reflection pool - Lincoln Memorial - Korean War Memorial
USAF Memorial
Overnight in Washington
Monday : March 16
Capitol Picture - Leave water, food and bags on bus - strict security at the Capitol
Visit and tour the Capitol building, with walking stops at the Supreme Court and Library of Congress
Lunch in the Capitol Cafeteria
Tour the National Holocaust Memorial Museum at 2:30 pm
Iwo Jima Memorial - USMC Memorial
Dinner at Pentagon City Mall with vouchers
Evening walking tour of Jefferson Memoral to FDR Memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial
Back to the Hotel
Tuesday : March 17
Visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico at 9:30 am
Travel to Charlottesville, VA
Tour Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson
Dinner at Mission BBQ - Buffet
Back to Hotel
Wednesday : March 18
Visit Arlington Cemetery, witness the Changing of the Guard and view the Kennedy Graves
Visit the Smithsonian American History and Natural History Museums
Udvar Hazy Museum - Smithsonian
To Dulles airport for flight home
After arrival back to LAX take charter bus back to LV: Should be back to LV at 9:45 pm. Students will text when we are on our way back to LV.
Itinerary Note: Every effort is made to visit each point of interest in the itinerary. The order that points are visited may be altered to respond to local conditions. Due to weather or circumstances beyond our control some points of interest may be substituted
Updated 3/10/26