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. James Madison's MONTPELIER
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Relive our nation's earliest days on an excursion to
VIRGINIA. Our first stop is
MONTPELIER, the home of James Madison. The highlight of the trip is
MONTICELLO, the home of Thomas Jefferson, and the
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA campus, considered one of the finest achievements of American architecture, Our final stop is
RICHMOND for a tour of the
VIRGINIA STATE CAPITOL and the
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, whose impressive collections range from ancient to contemporary.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 - Depart
PHILADELPHIA for
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A beautiful interior at MONTICELLO
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CHARLOTTESVILLE. On the way we stop for lunch on your own in
FREDERICK, MARYLAND, a beautiful town rich in antique shops and Revolutionary and Civil War history. Then visit
MONTPELIER, the estate of our fourth president, James Madison. Check in at the centrally located
HYATT PLACE in
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Dinner is included this evening.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 - We will spend the morning at
MONTICELLO, where Jefferson lived from 1770 until his death in 1826. We will tour this remarkable domed house and explore the family cemetery and gardens on the property. After an included lunch, we visit nearby
ASH LAWN-HIGHLAND, the home of our fifth president, James Monroe. Then tour the
ROTUNDA and
LAWN of the stately campus of the
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, founded in 1819 by
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. FABERGE at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
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Thomas Jefferson. An optional reservation will be made for dinner this evening.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 - It is an hour's drive to
RICHMOND where a local guide will join us for an historic overview of the city, which includes
ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH and the
VIRGINIA STATE CAPITOL. which Jefferson modeled after the Maison Carree in Nimes, France. We will visit the
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS whose rich collections range from African masks to Art Nouveau furniture. The museum contains one of the world's finest collections of Faberge objects, and paintings by Goya, Renoir, Monet and Van Gogh. Dinner is included before our return to Philadelphia.
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