Perry Edison 8th Graders will have a wonderful, educational trip in our Nation's Capitol! This tour departs Wednesday, May 21st and returns Friday, May 23rd 2025. Price is $505 per student (if 36 students per bus) and includes 2 nights' lodging at a Hilton/Doubletree/Sheraton/Hyatt or Crowne Plaza hotel;  8  meals, all sightseeing admission fees, three (3) custom Edison t-shirts, private DJ dance and Security, Chaperones, taxes & gratuities.  Please note price may decrease to $490 per student if we have 40 students per bus or $475 if 44 students per bus.  

SIGHTSEEING AREAS:

Lincoln Memorial 

Capitol Building 

FDR Memorial

American History Smithsonian  

Natural History Smithsonian

MLK Memorial

Vietnam Veterans Wall 

Korea Memorial 

Air Force Memorial

Arlington Cemetery

Holocaust Museum   

Marine Iwo Jima Statue

WWII Memorial   

Jefferson Memorial 

National Archives

Wednesday, May 21st 

-Barons Bus' Arrive Perry Edison Middle School 6am, Depart 6:30am

-Restroom Stop Enroute (Oakmont Plaza, Pa. Turnpike)

-Lunch /Restroom Breezewood Pa. Gateway Plaza 10:30am (Distribute Cheeseburgers or Chicken Tenders, Chips, Bottled Water)

-Arrive Smithsonian Air & Space Udar-Hazy Center 1:30pm

-Arrive Arlington Cemetery 3:30pm (Watch Changing of the Guard at Tomb of Unknown Soldiers, Visit President John F. Kennedy Gravesite)

-Air Force Memorial-5:30pm

-Dinner at Pentagon City Mall Foodcourt 6:00pm

-Check-In Hotel 7:30pm

-DJ Dance 8:15pm-9:45pm

-Room Check & Goodnight - Private Group Security on Duty 10pm-6am

Thursday, May 22nd

-Buffet Breakfast at Hotel 6:30am, Depart Hotel 7:30am

-Capitol Building 8:15am (Tours begin 9am)

-White House 11am * Outside Only, Souvenir Shopping at “Honest Abes”

-Smithsonian Flex-Time Block 12:00pm-4:15pm ($15 Cash rebate for lunch of choice; Natural History, National Archives, Holocaust, African American Museums)

-Dinner at Reagan Commerce Building Foodcourt 4:30pm * Meal Voucher

-WWII, Lincoln, Vietnam, Korea Memorials 6-7:30pm

-Return to Hotel by 8:30pm 

-Room Check and Goodnight- Private Group Security 10pm-6am

Friday, May 23rd 

-Buffet Breakfast 7:00am 

-Depart Hotel 8:00am

-Jefferson, FDR, MLK Memorials 8:45am-10:45am

-Lunch at Food Trucks or Enfant Plaza 11am ($15 cash pp rebate)

-American History Smithsonian 12 Noon

-Marine Iwo Jima Statue 1:30pm

-Depart For Home 2:00pm

-Dinner/Restroom Stop Breezewood Gateway Plaza (Personal Pizzas, Chips, Water)

-Restroom Stop Ohio Turnpike Border Plaza

-Arrive Back At Edison 9pm approx.