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Tentative Itinerary

A Note from our Hosts
We welcome you to a truly great tour.  Jim has led several church history tours in Europe and some in the US and David Barton has led over 200 tours in Washington, DC and others on the East Coast. We believe this NEXT GREAT AWAKENING TOUR is the most significant tour we have ever led or heard of. When you consider the line-up of speakers, this is the finest tour of its kind. This is a most unique tour.

A word about the sites we will be visiting: we have carefully analyzed all travel times between each of the many sites, however inclement weather or unanticipated travel conditions can - and sometimes do - affect tours. Since we have packed so much into this tour we are asking you to come with a relaxed and flexible mind. It is possible that weather or traffic could impact our ability to get to every single site listed but we have done our best to plan in such a way to get to all sites listed. It is important to recognize that in every tour there are adjustments that have to be made due to conditions at that time. – Jim Garlow & David Barton, your tour hosts

Day 1: June 25, Friday - Arrive Boston

Day 2: June 26, Saturday – Boston
Concord

  • Minute Man National Historical Park
  • Concord’s Historic North Bridge
Lexington
  • Hancock-Clarke House
  • Hear actor portraying "Jonas Clarke"
  • Site of Battle at Lexington Green, 1775, the start of the American Revolution, "the shot heard round the world".

Boston
  • Site of the Battle of Bunker
  • Freedom Trail Walking Tour
    • Granary Burying Ground – John Hancock
    • King's Chapel and Burying Ground
    • Benjamin Franklin Statue
    • Old South Meeting House
    • Old State House
    • Old North Church
    • Boston Massacre Site
    • Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market
    • Paul Revere’s House
    • First Public School
  • Harvard University
    • Harvard Square
    • John Harvard Sculpture

Day 3: June 27 - Sunday - Boston / Connecticut / New York City
Plymouth

  • Plymouth Rock with Author, Dr. Paul Jehle
    • Monument of the Forefathers
    • Bradford Monument
    • Brewster Stone
    • Pilgrim Maid
    • Sarcophagus Monument
    • Massasoit Monument
    • Leyden Street (where original Pilgrims once lived)
    • Burial Hill
  • Mayflower II
  • Plymouth Plantation
West Hartford
  • Drive by Home of Noah Webster, considered by some to be the third most influential person in the US at the time.
New Haven
Yale University
  • Lecture by Dr. Ken Minkema on Jonathon Edwards & the 1st Great Awakening
  • Grove Street Cemetery – burial site of numerous famous persons
New York City
  • Join Governor Mike Huckabee for private dinner and speech
  • Evening walking tour of Times Square

Day 4: June 28, Monday – New York City
New York City driving tour including

  • Radio City Music Hall
  • Central Park
  • Museums
  • Church of the Holy Trinity, part of important Supreme Court case of 1892
  • Battery Park with view of Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
Walking Tour including
  • Federal Hall, which has impacted every inauguration since that time
  • Site of Fulton Street 1857-8 "Layman’s Revival"
  • Site of World Trade Center
  • Kings College - Dr. Joseph Mattera - Components of Cultural Transformation
  • Empire State Building - 86th Floor

Day 5: June 29, Tuesday - New Jersey / New York City
Madison

  • Drew University
    • Christopher Anderson
    • View John Wesley's "death mask," placed on his face the moment after he died
    • View George Whitefield's notorious excised finger
New York City
  • United Nations
  • Broadway Show, Wicked, based on Wizard of Oz, Gershwin Theater (OPTIONAL)

Day 6: June 30, Wednesday - New Jersey
Manalapan

  • Monmouth Battlefield, one of the largest in the Revolutionary War
  • Old Tennant Church - Gilbert Tenant was influential in the 1st Great Awakening
Ocean Grove
  • Tour Ocean Grove on the Atlantic
  • The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting
  • Phoebe Palmer's home, where Fanny Crosby composed "Blessed Assurance"
  • Hear the spiritual odyssey of Scott Rasmussen, nationally known founder of thr Rasmussen Poll
Princeton University
  • Meet Dr. Robby George, co-author of the Manhattan Declaration
  • Historic Nassau Hall
  • Princeton University Chapel
  • Firestone Library
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1st seminary in America
Westminster Choir College, prestigious music school
Princeton
  • Albert Einstein's home
  • Burial site of Jonathan Edwards, President of Princeton University
  • Princeton Battlefield
Washington Crossing
  • Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas, 1776

Day 7: July 1, Thursday - Philadelphia
Philadelphia

  • Carpenter’s Hall, where 1st Continental Congress met in 1774
  • Christ Church & Cemetery
  • Liberty Bell
  • Independence Hall
  • Second National Bank, chartered by Congress in 1816
  • Founders Portrait Gallery of early Americans
  • Franklin Court
Electrifying lecture by Lance Wallnau and Billy Wilson - Strategizing Cultural Transformation

Day 8: July 2, Friday - Baltimore / Washington, DC
Baltimore (OPTIONAL – If time permits)

  • Lou Engle – Prayer, Fasting & Spiritual Awakening
  • Ft. McHenry, and the role of Francis Scott Key
Annapolis
  • State House where George Washington resigned his commission. (OPTIONAL – if time permits)
  • Senator Rick Santorum – The Moral Foundations for our Nation
  • Tony Perkins – Spiritual Renewal & Public Policy
Washington, DC
  • National Archives
    • Declaration of Independence
    • US Constitution
  • Capito - 2 hour private tour
  • Marine Barracks Evening Parade

Day 9: July 3, Saturday - Washington, DC
Washington DC

  • Drive by Watergate Building & Kennedy Center
  • Arlington National Cemetery
  • Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
  • Iwo Jima Memorial
  • Visit Lincoln Memorial, Korean Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Wall Memorial and World War II Memorial
Mt. Vernon
  • Rick Tyler – Limited Government
  • George Washington's home
  • Meet Speaker Newt Gingrich in private room
Washington DC
  • Attend Dress Rehearsal for National 4th of July Celebration on the Mall
  • Private meeting with Gabriel Joseph & Congressman Bob McEwen

Day 10: July 4, Sunday –Washington, DC
Washington DC

  • Attend Hope Christian Church
    • Hear Maggie Gallagher, founder of the National Organization for Marriage, one of America's most influential women
    • Hear Bishop Harry Jackson, who is becoming one of America's strongest voices
  • TOUR ENDS
  • Smithsonian Institution (OPTIONAL)
  • Potomac River Dinner Cruise and fireworks (OPTIONAL)

Day 11: July 5, Washington DC (OPTIONAL EXTENSION)

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