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MOST HALLOWED GROUND Go InsIde the storIes of the CIvIl War

Ken Burns PersPeCtives

“Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each

other and killed each other in great numbers – if only to

become the kind of country that could no longer conceive

of how that was possible. What began as a bitter dispute

over Union and States’ Rights, ended as a struggle over the

meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg in 1863,

Abraham Lincoln said perhaps more than he knew. The war

was about a “new birth of freedom.” – Ken Burns

Understanding the story of the Civil War is paramount to understanding who we are as Americans. In crafting a journey that takes you not only to some of the pivotal places where the war was fought – but also to places that explain the forces that shaped the conflict, as well as inside some of its most compelling stories – our hope is to share, inspire and educate – to help put the war, but also larger aspects of the American experience, into context. Far beyond simply battlefields, we’ve sought out places that tell stories… stories that are insightful, that go beyond the expected, that relate different perspectives, that show more than one side of a historical “fact”… and, most importantly, stories that are personal in nature, but are also woven into the larger narrative of America’s most tragic conflict and its greatest moment of crisis – one which, after four dire and costly years of struggle, ultimately decided who we are as a nation... truly, the United States of America.

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1. arrIve WashInGton, dCTour begins: The Mayflower® Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel, 5:30 PM. A transfer is included from Ronald Reagan National Airport or Dulles International Airport to The Mayflower® Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel. The Civil War began 150 years ago this April. Over the next 11 days with Tauck, you’ll develop a deeper understanding of the war and its legacies –visiting key places in which it was fought, that “most hallowed ground”... listening to its stories in the words of people who were there... and meeting scholars, experts and living historians who interpret its lessons today. Learn about the days ahead through the first of numerous filmed vignettes by Ken Burns during tonight’s welcome cocktail reception, followed by dinner. Meals D

2. house dIvIded: ford’s theatre/arlInGtonBegin your Civil War odyssey by fast-forwarding to the end of the conflict – the tragic night of April 14, 1865 – with a visit to the newly restored Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site, where President Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot that evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Explore the theatre and its museum, and enjoy a talk by a National Park Service ranger. Then a guided sightseeing tour examines the beginnings of the nation’s capital as well as its role in

the Civil War, and views the White House, the Capitol, the Mall, and the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials. The human cost of the war, as well as its ironies, commands your attention on a poignant visit to Arlington National Cemetery, where 285,000 veterans of America’s wars are buried on what before the Civil War had been the estate of General Robert E. Lee. Bear witness to heroism and sacrifice on a private tour including gravesites of Civil War dead, the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns, and the JFK Memorial; visit Arlington House, Lee’s former home, now a memorial to the Confederate leader. After dinner, enjoy an evening tour of Washington and its monuments, dramatically illuminated at night. Meals BLD

3. amerICan storIes: the natIonal arChIvesThe seeds of discontent that grew into secession and war are brought to light in a Tauck Exclusive keynote presentation at your hotel by a noted Civil War historian on events occurring during the 36th U.S. Congress (1859-1861). Stories recounted include abolitionist John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry and his subsequent execution; Abraham Lincoln’s election; the secession of seven states, and the shelling of Fort Sumter in April, 1861. Enjoy another Tauck Exclusive – early admission to the Rotunda of the National Archives for a private viewing of the Declaration of Independence,

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“The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became,

good things and bad things... It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a

crossroads: the suffering, the enormous tragedy of the whole thing.” – Historian and novelist Shelby Foote, from The Civil War

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Tauck Value Includes:• TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – “Early-bird” admission & private,

behind-the-scenes experience with an insider at the National Archives

• TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Keynote presentation on the 36th Congress and causes of the Civil War by a noted historian in Washington, DC

• TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Filmed vignettes by Ken Burns featuring compelling stories, fresh insights and personal perspectives on America’s greatest conflict, accompanied by clips and images from The Civil War

• TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Private visit to the Jacob Weikert Farm, a private home that still bears scars from its service as a makeshift field hospital at Gettysburg; meet the home’s current owners

• TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Private presentation on slavery and plantation life by Leni Sorensen, African American Research Historian for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello

• TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Private meeting with a Richmond Civil War historian at the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar

• TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Private concert of authentic spirituals by the gospel choir of Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church

• Guided visits to some of the war’s “most hallowed ground,” including Arlington Nat’l Cemetery and Antietam and Gettysburg battlefields

• Interactive experience where guests “become” a Civil War combatant at the Museum of the Civil War Soldier

• Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted

• 23 meals, service charges, gratuities to local guides, admission fees, taxes and porterage

EXCLUSIVE FILM VIGNETTES BY KEN BURNSThroughout your extraordinary

journey through the Civil War’s

“most hallowed ground,”

Ken Burns offers his unique

perspectives on the terrible

conflict and its pivotal role in shaping the nation we live

in today. Sharing fresh insights to accompany images from

his documentary, The Civil War, Ken’s vignettes enliven

your travels in Washington, Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry,

Charlottesville, Appomattox and Richmond.

Leni Sorensen, African American Research Historian at Monticello Join us in Charlottesville for a captivating, Tauck Exclusive presentation by scholar, living history interpreter and research historian Dr. Leni Sorensen on slavery, plantation life and African American culture in Civil War-era Virginia.

Interactive Experience at The Museum of the Civil War Soldier You’ll have an extraordinary opportunity to experience life in the Civil War through the eyes of a real-life Union or Confederate soldier – hearing his actual words and feelings through your headset, and following his personal story throughout the war to his ultimate fate – during a compelling interactive journey at the Museum of the Civil War Soldier at Pamplin Historical Park in Petersburg, Virginia.

the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, with welcome comments by an Archives insider. Then go behind the scenes with an Archives researcher to learn how modern archival techniques preserve both great documents and stories of individual Americans. Spend the rest of the day as you please in Washington. Meals B

4. “Bloody antIetam” to GettysBurGHeading outside the Beltway into Maryland, stop in oft-embattled Frederick for a guided visit to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Exhibits tell inspiring stories of care, healing and courage in the face of the war’s grim realities, and advances that changed medicine forever, such as the innovations of field surgeon Dr. Jonathan Letterman, whose system for treating battlefield casualties is still in use today. In Sharpsburg in 1862, a little creek gave its name to American history’s bloodiest single day of combat; your guided tour of Antietam National Battlefield includes the story of Burnside’s Bridge. Continue north to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; a Ken Burns vignette offers insights on the town’s destiny as the site of the “high water mark of the Rebellion.” After lunch at a 19th-century Gettysburg inn, begin your experience of this most hallowed ground at Gettysburg National Military Park’s new Visitor Center, with its acclaimed film presentation and a multi-sensory experience in the restored Cyclorama that brings the sights and sounds of the battles that

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raged here on July 1-3, 1863, vividly to life. Then drive with a Gettysburg expert through some of the battlefields – eerily peaceful today – viewing pivotal sites and hearing their stories, such as Col. Joshua Chamberlain’s defense of Little Round Top, and the courage and futility of Pickett’s Charge. Meals BLD

5. JaCoB WeIKert farm/harpers ferryMore than 50,000 men on both sides were killed, wounded or missing at Gettysburg; about 6,000 lie in the national cemetery here, which Lincoln dedicated with his famous address later that year. Many of the thousands of wounded were attended to at makeshift field hospitals like the one at the Jacob Weikert Farm, today a private home. On your Tauck Exclusive visit, you’ll meet the current owners, hear their stories and see the scars of battle that remain in the home nearly 150 years later. Traveling to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, a Ken Burns vignette sets up your visit to the site of John Brown’s failed 1859 raid on the town’s federal arsenal, where the abolitionist was captured and most of his 21-man “army” were killed. Ride the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park; overnight at Big Meadows Lodge. Meals BLD

6. montpelIer/the unIversIty of vIrGInIaThe Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, the majority of them in the South; foraging armies swept across American farms and burned American towns, and homes became headquarters and hospitals. A look at life at one of those homes in the prewar South begins at Montpelier, the former estate of President James Madison and his wife Dolley, nestled in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Discover the home’s early history and way of life in the years between the Revolution and the Civil War; see archaeological work being done on the estate. After a filmed vignette by Ken Burns en route, arrive in Charlottesville and visit the University of Virginia’s landmark Rotunda and Grounds, described by its

designer Thomas Jefferson as an “academical village.” Tonight is alive with inspirational sounds at another Tauck Exclusive: a private performance of authentic gospel and spiritual music by the choir of Charlottesville’s Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church. Meals BD

7. Jefferson’s montICello/CharlottesvIlleYou’ll feel the presence of author, statesman, scientist and third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson throughout your guided visit to Monticello, the hilltop house he designed on the principles of Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. As you explore the house, plantation and grounds, you’ll observe that the realities of plantation life did not always fit comfortably with the founding father’s principles of equality and liberty. After lunch featuring colonial fare and servers in 18th-century period attire at the historic Michie Tavern, enjoy a Tauck Exclusive: a lively private presentation on “Slavery, the Plantation and the Civil War” by Dr. Leni Sorensen, scholar, living history interpreter, and African American Research Historian for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello. Meals BL

8. appomattox and on to rIChmondJourney this morning from Charlottesville to Appomattox Court House. Town resident Wilmer McLean had moved to this quiet village to escape the tumult of war after the First Battle of Bull Run had raged across his property in 1861. But on the afternoon of April 9, 1865, he was reluctantly thrust into history when Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met in his parlor and agreed to terms which would lead to the reunification of the nation – so in another of the war’s great ironies, it could be said that the conflict began in McLean’s backyard and ended in his parlor four years later! Relive the moment on a visit to McLean’s reconstructed house with a local guide, and gain insights from a Ken Burns vignette en route to Richmond and a three-night stay at The Jefferson Hotel, the city’s finest since 1895. Meals BLD

ANTIETAM GETTYSBURG CHARLOTTESVILLEHear stories of courage and medical

breakthroughs at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Maryland, near the

site of the war’s costliest single day

Step back in time in this little Pennsylvania town, site of American history’s most

famous battle and the “high water mark” of the Confederacy in July, 1863

Explore the realities of slavery and plantation life on visits to James Madison’s

Montpelier and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello outside Charlottesville

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11 days from $3,890 plus aIrfare(10 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches & 7 Dinners)

BeGIns WashInGton, dCSep 2, 9, 12, 19, 23, 30

Oct 3, 10, 14, 21

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prICe per personDouble $3890 Single $4840 Triple $3620

(double with rollaway)

Airfare is additional. Tauck can book your air, to Washington, DC and from Richmond, for travel originating in the U.S., subject to availability; inquire upon booking for special airfares that may be available.

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fIne hotels / Great loCatIonsNight 1-3 The Mayflower® Renaissance Washington, DC Washington, DC HotelNight 4 Wyndham Gettysburg Gettysburg, PA Night 5 Big Meadows Lodge Shenandoah National Park, VANight 6,7 Omni Charlottesville Hotel Charlottesville, VA Night 8-10 The Jefferson Hotel Richmond, VA

9. rIChmond, heart of the ConfederaCyAn in-depth view of the war from various perspectives awaits in Richmond, once the Confederate capital. Hear the story of Robert E. Lee’s divided loyalties on a guided visit to the Rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol, where Lee accepted command of the Army of Northern Virginia, and stand in the space shared by the Virginia legislature and the Confederate government during the war. Examine the life of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in his wartime home, the White House of the Confederacy; step back to the time he resided here with his family on a guided visit, and take a self-guided tour of the Museum of the Confederacy. After lunch, experience Union, Confederate and African American viewpoints at the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar and the Tredegar Iron Works, the Confederacy’s industrial heart. In another Tauck Exclusive, meet with a local historian who shares insights about the unique role of the Tredegar works, along with little-known facts about “industrial slavery.” Meals B

10. BeCome part of hIstory at petersBurGExplore the siege of Petersburg on a tour of Petersburg National Battlefield, where you’ll view re-creations of troop bunkers and officers’ quarters, and relive the drama of battle with the iconic story of The Crater. Then enjoy a unique glimpse of what life was really like in the field with a powerful interactive experience at Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier – where you’ll assume the identity of an actual Union or Confederate soldier, listen to his own words and stories through your headset, and learn his ultimate destiny during the war. You’ll also see Civil War reenactors depicting camp life, musket firings and other period demonstrations. Tonight, enjoy a farewell reception and dinner at your stately Richmond hotel featuring a final farewell vignette by Ken Burns. Meals BLD

11. Journey homeTour ends: Richmond. Fly home anytime. A transfer is included from The Jefferson Hotel to Richmond Int’l Airport; one-time transfers are provided to Washington’s Reagan Nat’l Airport or Dulles Int’l Airport. Allow two hours for check-in. Meals B

APPOMATTOX RICHMOND PETERSBURGFollow in the footsteps of history in the

parlor of the McLean House in Appomattox Court House, where the healing of a nation began with the meeting of Lee and Grant

Take an in-depth look at the Virginia State Capitol, the Confederate White House,

the Museum of the Confederacy and the American Civil War Center at Tredegar

Get a close-up view of the life of a Civil War combatant with an interactive experience at Pamplin Historical Park and the Museum of

the Civil War Soldier