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Trip Journal 2024

Explorica Information

Number of students: 39

Original trip journal

2024 Scholarship Winners

  • Ashaz Ahmed (1st place, full scholarship, $2,976)
  • Zain Syed (1st place, full scholarship, $2,976)
  • Destinee Carlee Viray (2nd place, $350 scholarship)

  • Isabelle Shapiro (2nd place, $350 scholarship)

  • Moa Spitaleri (2nd place, $350 scholarship)

Trip Photos

Day 1: Boston (March 23, 2024)

Depending on time and the weather, we'll see Fanuiel Hall, the Old State Meeting House, the Old Granary Burial Ground, Kings Church, Old City Hall, Old Corner Bookstore, Old South Meeting House, and/or the Old State House.

Day 1

Day 2: Boston (March 24, 2024)

8:00am: Departure

9:30am: Harvard Natural History Museum

11:00am: Tour of Harvard, lunch in Harvard Square, USS Constitution "Old Ironsides"

3:00pm: Museum of Fine Arts, Fenway Park, the Marathon finish line, Trinity Church, Boston Public Library, Berklee College of Music, dinner, the Massachusetts State House, Mary Dyer statue, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment monument, Cheers bar

Day 2

Day 3: New York (March 25, 2024)

Depart Hotel, Apollo Theatre

1:00pm: Grant Memorial Drive by Columbia University, Central Park, Dakota Strawberry Fields, Bethesda Terrace, Alice and Wonderland statue, dinner, Brooklyn Deli

6:00pm: Top of the Rock

Statue of Liberty
Day 3

Day 4: New York (March 26, 2024)

Breakfast

8:00am: Departure

9:00am: Boat, lunch, Trinity Church, Chinatown, Wall Street, 911 Memorial, Evergreen, Times Square, hotel

Day 4

Day 4

Day 5: Philadelphia (March 27, 2024)

7:00am: Breakfast

8:00am: Departure, Rocky statue, lunch

11:45am: Constitution Center, tour of Philadelphia, head for Washington DC

Day 5

Day 5

Day 6: Washington DC (March 28, 2024)

Mt. Vernon, White House, Museum of African American History, Washington Monument, WWII Memorial, Signers Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Korea Memorial, Einstein Memorial

Day 6

Day 6

Day 6

Day 6

Day 7: Washington DC (March 29, 2024)

Ford's Theatre, U.S. Capitol, Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery

Day 7