The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and Cold Harbor, where Lee and Grant fought major battles. Study Grant's 9-month siege of strategic Petersburg and investigate its National Battlefield, the famous Crater, and Blandford Church's memorial Tiffany windows. Discover the important role of African-American troops in town, at the Siege Museum, and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier at Pamplin Park. Then trace Lee's retreat to Appomattox, where the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered. You will also trace the history of aeronautics and space travel in lecture and tours of two of the most visited museums in the U.S., the VA Air and Space Center and the National Air and Space Museum.
Hotels are double occupancy, private baths, singles extra charge.
The U.S. space program has profoundly influenced life on earth. Examine the universe beyond and the universe within us as you survey NASA's missions, operations, and current research. Begin with the history of space flight and high-speed technology at Langley, first training ground for U.S. astronauts. Probe the expanding universe and earth as a global environment at Goddard, center for space telescope operations, astrobiology, the International Space Station, and NASA's Mission to Planet Earth. Encapsulate your studies with a Capitol Hill legislative briefing on space program policy.