Day 1

Depart your home city for Washington, D.C., where your Joshua Expeditions guide will meet you. Your first stop in the district will be the Smithsonian Museum, where you will have the opportunity to visit any of the museums open this day. Following dinner in the city, your group will set out on a walking tour of the presidential memorials, including those for Lincoln, Jefferson and FDR. After checking into the hotel for the night, the group will take some time for devotions and reflection on this first day's experience.

Day 2

The group will head downtown this morning for an exterior* visit to the White House, where there will be time for photos and shopping among the local street vendors. You will enjoy lunch in the downtown area then take an exterior* tour of the Capitol Building before heading over to the Supreme Court. (You may have a chance to tour inside the court if it is not in session). The afternoon will conclude with a visit to view the great architecture at the Library of Congress. You will again enjoy dinner in the city before setting out on a walking tour of the war memorials commemorating World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The day will close with a time of devotions at the hotel.

*Optional interior tours of the White House and the Capitol Building may be scheduled through your local member of Congress.

Day 3

This morning you will visit Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to witness the solemn ceremony of the changing of the guard. Before departing Arlington, the group will drive by the Iwo Jima Memorial which commemorates one of the most costly victories of World War II. During the afternoon, you will visit George Washington's house at Mount Vernon, and then conclude the day with dinner and a time of devotion at the hotel.

Day 4

Your group will take a day trip to Charlottesville, Virginia, today, home of the University of Virginia and Monticello. You will tour Jefferson's home and plantation, including the gardens and cemetery where he is buried, and then you will have some free time in Charlottesville to stroll through the university campus and downtown area. After dinner in the Charlottesville area, you will return to the nation's capital for devotions and preparation for the next day’s departure.

Day 5

Following breakfast and morning hotel checkout, your group will head downtown to visit the National Archives where you will be able to view important documents that established the freedoms enjoyed by Americans. Your time in D.C. will conclude in the afternoon after you spend time at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, which pays tribute to the millions who lost their lives during the Nazis’ “final solution.”