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ATTENTION:
All guest/spouse tours have been cancelled. Please e-mail Jacquelyn
Quash for further information.
MONDAY, AUGUST 5 * 8:00 AM - 12 NOON
Complete
Tour of Boston: 350 Years in a Day!
Get
an overview of Boston’s distinctive neighborhoods. Drive by the
Waterfront, walk into the North End, the famous Italian district,
and hike the Freedom Trail (USS Constitution, Massachusetts State
House, Old South Meeting House, Boston Common, Quincy Market, and
more). $28 per person, incl. transportation, guide service, admissions,
taxes & gratuities
MONDAY,
AUGUST 5 * 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Glass
Flowers & the Fogg Museum
Visit
the Botanical Museum of Harvard University’s “garden in glass,”
true-to-life glass models of 700 plant species by Venetian-American
artisan Leopold Blaschkka and son. Visit Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum
and explore permanent exhibits of Western art from Middle Ages to
present, with emphasis on Italian, British, French, and Impressionist
works. $56 per person, incl. transportation, guide service, docent
tour of the Glass Flowers exhibit, admissions, taxes & gratuities
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 6 * 8:00 AM - 12 NOON
Harvard University and the JFK Library
Tour
the Harvard University area. Stroll Harvard Yard, the original campus
of America’s oldest university. See the Ancient Burying Ground where
Harvard’s first eight Presidents are interred. Travel to Dorchester
Bay to visit the spectacular John F. Kennedy Library, designed by
I.M. Pei. View a short film about the President, then relive the
thousand days of “Camelot.” $39 per person, incl. transportation,
guide service, admissions, taxes & gratuities
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 6 * 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Lexington
and Concord - The Shot Heard ‘round the World!
First stop: Lexington Green, site of the initial skirmish of the
Revolution. Tour one of the Green’s homes, Buckman Tavern, preserved
as it was 200 years ago. Travel the Battle Road to Concord to see
Old North Bridge, the Minuteman Statue, and the site where “the
embattled farmers stood.” Pass by homes of Louisa May Alcott, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, three of Concord’s most
famous resi-dents. $35 per person, incl. transportation, guide service,
admissions, taxes & gratuities
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 7 * 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The
North Shore - Cape Ann and Essex
See the Northeast’s most beautiful coastline, the “Man at the Wheel”
fisherman’s Memorial Statue, and Bearskin Neck/Rockport, renowned
home of artists and artisans. Head to Essex, the “Antique Capital
of the World.” Enjoy a relaxing cruise aboard the Essex River Queen
to learn about Essex’s shipbuilding past and see Hog Island, film
site of “The Crucible.” Dine at Woodman’s “Eat in the Rough” restaurant
where more than 80 years ago “Chubby” Woodman invented the fried
clam. $75 per person, incl. transportation, guide service, cruise,
lunch, taxes & gratuities
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