Hello friends, family, and generous neighbors:

We're so excited to be fundraising for Peyton and Essence's 8th grade trip next year! Folsom Middle School is presenting the kids with an amazing opportunity to learn about American history in person by taking a trip to New York, Washington, D.C., and Boston (see itinerary below). AND the school has invited Trevor, the girls' older sister Jazmine, and myself to join the trip!

The cost for the girls to go is $4,299 each. The cost for Trevor and I to join them is $4,799 each. That includes transportation and accommodations for 6 nights and 7 days, meals, and entrance fees for museums and tours.

This trip is the opportunity of a lifetime for our family and we would be eternally grateful for your help with making it happen. Please share with your friends and family, coworkers, neighbors... Anyone who loves education and travel for young people.

Washington, D.C. / New York / Boston

DAY 1

Group is to meet at local airport for early morning flight departure

Late afternoon arrival in Washington, D.C.

Meet your Course Leader & your tour begins!

Dinner: Local Restaurant

Guided, illuminated evening tours of:

Lincoln Memorial - In remembrance of former President Abraham Lincoln and the great nation he fought to preserve during the Civil War

Korean War Veterans Memorial - Tribute to the men and women who defended South Korea in the Korean War

Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Dedicated to the more than 58,000 men and women killed or missing in Vietnam

World War II Memorial - Honors the 16 million who served — and 400,000 who died — in the U.S. Armed Forces during WWII, and all who supported the war effort from home

Hotel check-in. Security on duty.

DAY 2

Breakfast buffet at hotel

Mount Vernon - George Washington’s home, plantation, and Education Center, which showcases life during colonial times, 18th-century treasures, and our first president as a farmer and businessman

Lunch: Food Court

White House (picture stop)

Smithsonian Institution - The world's largest museum complex: National Air and Space Museum, Natural History Museum, National Gallery of Art, National Museum of American History

Dinner: Local Restaurant

Guided, illuminated evening tours of:

Jefferson Memorial - Dedicated to our third president and author of the Declaration of Independence

FDR Memorial - In remembrance of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

MLK Memorial - Honors the famous civil rights activist, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Return to hotel. Security on duty.

DAY 3

Breakfast buffet at hotel

Arlington National Cemetery - America’s most famous military cemetery: Changing of the Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Kennedy Gravesites, Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial

Iwo Jima Memorial - A tribute to all U.S. Marines based on the famous WWII photo by Joe Rosenthal

Lunch: Food Court

Depart for New York City

Dinner: Local Restaurant

RiseNY - Virtually fly over Manhattan's stunning skyline seeing Lady Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, and more from a bird's eye view

Times Square - Center of the city’s theatre district known as the “crossroads of the world”

Hotel check-in. Security on duty.

DAY 4

Breakfast and hotel check-out

Fifth Avenue – Walk the iconic New York street lined with famous shops, including Apple Store, and Tiffany & Co.

St. Patrick's Cathedral - The largest neo-gothic Catholic Cathedral in the United States

Central Park - America’s most famous urban park, includes Strawberry Fields and the Great Lawn

Lunch: Enroute

High Speed Beast Boat to Statue of Liberty – The recognized symbols of Freedom & Ellis Island - The museum commemorates one of the primary gateways into America for millions of immigrants

SpyScape - Takes you into the world of spying—where hackers, corporations, and governments seek secret intelligence.

Dinner: Local Restaurant

Broadway Show

Group Photo in Times Square

Return to hotel. Security on duty.

DAY 5

Breakfast buffet at hotel

National 9/11 Memorial - Site of the World Trade Center and a place for remembrance for the victims of the September 11 attacks

One World Trade Observatory Deck

Depart for Boston, MA

Lunch: Enroute

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum - An interactive theatre performance reliving the events on that fateful night of December 16, 1773.

Dinner: Local Restaurant

Blue Man Group - Known for its stage productions, which incorporate many kinds of music and art, both popular and obscure

Hotel check-in. Security on duty.

DAY 6

Breakfast at hotel - Depart for Salem, MA

Salem Witch Museum – ‘”She afflicts me! She comes to me at night and torments me! She's a witch!” Words such as these struck terror into the hearts of Salem townspeople in the early spring of 1692 as hysterical young girls called out names.

Gallows Hill – Actual testimony from the Salem Witch Trials retold live on stage. Special effects and startling moments, including ghostly glowing orbs that cover the audience.

Lunch: Food Court

Return to Boston, MA

Boston Duck Tour - The fun begins as soon as you board your W.W.II style amphibious landing vehicle. Narrated tour of all famous Boston sites.

Dinner: Ball Park

Red Sox Game (pending schedules)

DAY 7

Breakfast and hotel check-out

USS Constitution - The oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world. It was first launched in 1797.

Bunker Hill Monument & Museum - The battle is popularly known as "The Battle of Bunker Hill" although most of the fighting actually took place on Breed's Hill, the site of the existing monument and exhibit lodge.

Boston Massacre Site – Where the killing of five colonists by British regulars occurred on March 5, 1770.

Paul Revere House (photo stop) - On the night of April 18, 1775, silversmith Paul Revere left his small wooden home in Boston's North End and set out on a journey that would make him into a legend.

Old North Church - Boston’s oldest surviving church building and most visited historical site. In 1775, on the eve of Revolution, the majority of the congregation were loyal to the British King and many held official positions in the royal government.

Lunch: Food Court

Depart for Boston Airport for late afternoon/early evening flight departure

Dinner: Cash Allotment

Late evening arrival at local airport