Monday, June 22, 2009

Yeah! 1st Day off to Plymouth, to meet the Pilgrims and learn why the 1st thanksgiving was a dark time in the America's and how it changed the face of the American continent. Though I am still a believer that prophesy played a role as well.
Here is Plymouth rock, and yes this is supposed to be the actual rock, however small.
A lovely view of the mayflower, or a reproduction of the mayflower made for a movie, the real mayflower alas is not here.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Itinerary

Larry H. Miller Education Project, Zion’s Bank History Seminar
Revolutionary War, 2009
Boston - New York - Philadelphia


Tuesday 09 June - Day One
- Meet at Salt Lake International Airport 7:30 AM at Delta Check-In (Flight 1254 departs 9:40 AM)
- Fly to Logan International Airport,Boston - dinner at Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall Area
- Check in at Boston Park Plaza Hotel (617-426-2000)
- Orientation Meeting in hotel after check-in – Evening 2 hrs

Wednesday 10 June - Day Two
- Colonial antecedents: Plymouth Rock and Plimoth Plantation
- Adams Historical site in Quincy, including birthplaces, Stone Library, and the Old House (Peacefield)

Thursday 11 June - Day Three
- Boston & the Freedom Trail, including the Common & Garden, Beacon Hill, Park Street Church, Old South Church, Old State House, Boston Massacre site, Faneuil Hall, Quincy Market, Paul Revere House, Old North Church, USS Constitution, and Bunker Hill

Friday 12 June - Day Four
- Cambridge, including Harvard Square and Longfellow National Historic Site (Washington’s Headquarters)
- Lexington, Concord, and Minuteman National Historic Park, Walden Pond
- Travel I-95 to Mystic CT Holiday Inn Express (860-572-9065)

Saturday 13 June - Day Five
- Mystic Seaport
- Leave Mystic for New York City via West Point and the lower Hudson Valley
- Check into Iroquois Hotel in New York City (212-840-3080), walk Times Square

Sunday 14 June - Day Six
- Meet Anthony Napoli at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, hear a lecture on the history of NYC,
- Tour NYC sites: Little Italy, Chinatown, Wall and Broad Streets, Ground Zero, the - Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island.

Monday 15 June - Day Seven
- Visit Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn Heights to Fort Washington in Upper Manhattan
- Revolutionary War sites in NJ, incl. Battles of Trenton and Princeton, and Morristown Winter Camp
- Travel to King of Prussia PA Holiday Inn Express (260 N. Gulph Rd)

Tuesday 16 June - Day Eight
- Philadelphia (morning and early afternoon) and Independence Hall Historical Park area, including Independence Hall, Carpenter's Hall, Franklin Court, Betsy Ross House, Reading Market, Constitution Center, Liberty Bell
- Valley Forge in the afternoon

Wednesday 17 June 30 - Day Nine
- Leave Philadelphia early: Visit Washington Crossing State Park
- Fly to SLC from Philadelphia (afternoon).

Taking Off

Hello Family, so I decided that it would be easier to just start a blog to keep you informed. All my friends are doing it, so I thought why not (and yes I would jump off a bridge too if my friends were doing it1! J/K) So I will post pictures and a list of things I have done, thoughts ect, and we will see how long I last.