Day 6 – Friday, Tour 101331290 -East Coast Tour
The group enjoys a stunningly beautiful walking tour through Central Park. ‘Hanging Out’ with Hans … Christian Anderson, that is. Mr. Kenny Harrison and the ‘blue bus’ students taking a photo with their great driver (and friend) –...
Day 5: Tour 101331290 – 6-Day East Coast Edventure
Attention: Our Friday morning participation in the CBS Early Show has been cancelled. We have decided to move our venue to the NBC Today Show. The Today Show airs 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM. We plan to be there for the 2nd half of the show. Thursday Events: What a beautiful day… blue skies, scattered fluffy, white clouds above the New York Skyline! Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Our tour of Manhattan. Dinner at Bubba Gump’s in Times Square. Happy Birthday, Abby & Christina! Times...
Day 5 -Thursday, Tour 101331290 -East Coast Tour
Wow! What a gorgeous day in New York. This picture of the Statue of Liberty is from today (not stock photography .. haHa). The students on the pedestal! Too small to identify, but we’re up there. ...
Day 4: Tour 101331290 – 6-Day East Coast Edventure
After an excellent dinner and private showing of a movie in Gettysburg last night, we spent the first half of Wednesday in Gettysburg. Follow this link: http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/tstops/tstd2-10por.htm for info about Colonel Patty O’Rourke. A group honoring the only California regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg (Pennsylvania 72nd). Jack Whitaker reads the Gettysburg Address at the same location that President Lincoln said it on November 19, 1863. “Wicked” at the Gershwin Theater in New York...
Day 4 -Wednesday, St. John’s Lutheran East Coast Tour
Girls make good soldiers, too. A bit rainy at times this morning. Our tour expert battlefield guide (Mike) is outstanding. St. John’s students and parents on the summit of Little Round Top, site of the Union Army’s critically important day two victory during the three day Battle of Gettysburg. Cold but clear, weather holding. Jack Whitaker reads the Gettysburg Address at Gettysburg Cemetery, on the exact spot that Abraham Lincoln his famous 2 minute speech. To honor the memory of Abraham Lincoln, St. John’s students place a penny on the Lincoln Memorial Statue at the cemetery! We are now 2 hours from NYC….looking forward to pizza and a Broadway Show...