This is a sample itinerary. The actual itinerary varies from year to year and can change while in DC due to weather, site closures, traffic and other factors.

Day 1

4:30 AM - Meet at MSP

6:30 AM - Depart

10:45 AM - Arrive at Reagan, Dulles or Baltimore Airport

11:15 AM - Coach bus pick up

11:45 PM - Lunch

1:15 PM - Mt. Vernon Tour

3:45 PM - US Army Museum

5:30 PM - Dinner 

6:45 PM - Pentagon 9-11 Memorial

7:45 PM - Old Town Alexandria Historical "Ghost" Walking Tour

9:15 PM - Check in to hotel

10:00 PM - In rooms

10:30 PM - Quiet Time

Day 2

7:00 AM - Wake up call

7:30 AM - Breakfast starts

8:45 AM - Depart Hotel

9:30 AM - Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

12:00 PM - Lunch

1:15 PM - Holocaust Museum

3:45 PM - Spy Museum

5:30 PM - Dinner

6:30 PM - National Mall Monument Tour (MLK, FDR, Jefferson)

8:30 PM - Kennedy Center - Balcony View

9:00 PM - Return to Hotel

10:00 PM - In rooms

10:30 PM - Quiet time

Day 3

7:00 AM - Wake up call

7:30 AM - Breakfast starts

8:45 AM - Depart hotel

9:15 AM - Arlington National Cemetery Tour

11:45 AM - Lunch

1:00 PM - Smithsonian Museum of African-American History & Culture

3:30 PM - White House (picture stop and walk around)

4:00 PM - World War 1 Memorial

4:30 PM - Souvenir/grocery stop

5:15 PM - Dinner

6:30 PM - National Mall Monument Tour (WWII, Lincoln, Vietnam, Korea)

8:30 PM - Iwo Jima (Marine Corps) Memorial and Air Force Memorial

9:30 PM - Return to hotel. Pack for AM departure.

10:00 PM - In rooms

10:30 PM - Quiet time

Day 4

7:00 AM - Wake up call

7:30 AM - Breakfast starts

9:00 AM - Depart Hotel - students pack up bags.

9:45 AM - US Capitol Tour and Meeting with US Rep/Senator.

11:45 AM - Library of Congress and Supreme Court

1:00 PM -  Lunch on National Mall and choice of Smithsonian Museums:  

                       American History, Air and Space, Natural History, Museum of

                       American Indian, Portrait Gallery, more.

4:00 PM - Bus departs for airport (Dulles, Reagan or Baltimore)

7:00 PM - Depart

9:30 PM - 12:30 AM- Arrive MSP

OTHER POSSIBLE SITES ON THE TRIP (VARIES BY YEAR)

*Ford's Theater

*National Cathedral

*Ft. McHenry

*Japanese-American Monument

*Navy Memorial

*National Zoo

*Embassy Row

*Lincoln's Cottage

*Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

*US Navy Memorial

*Eisenhower Memorial