Yale Class
of 1956 Mini-Reunion
Washington, D.C.
April 23-26, 2009
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Welcome Reception at the Palomar Hotel (5:00-7:00)
Friday, April 24
Note: Event #1 is an all-day activity; otherwise choose one morning and one afternoon event. Participants will obtain their own lunches.
| Event #1: | U.S. Capitol
and new Visitor Center and the recently re-opened National Portrait Gallery
and the National Museum of American Art. (9:00-3:00) Limited to 30 persons. |
| Event #2: | Washington’s
Monuments by Bus. A guided survey for newcomers or those who haven’t been
here in awhile, including stops at the Capitol and the following memorials:
Lincoln, Washington, World War II, Iwo Jima, Viet Nam, Korean War, and FDR. (9:00-12:00) Limited to 30 persons. |
| Event #3: | Lincoln’s
Little Known Washington (Visits to Ft. Stevens where Union troops
defeated Confederate General Jubal Early’s veterans before Lincoln’s eyes in
July, 1964; and to Lincoln’s restored Summer Cottage, where he spent about
one-third of his presidency and wrote the Emancipation Proclamation)
(Members may also visit the museums and monuments via Metro with provided
passes.) (9:00-12:00) Limited to 30 persons led by Tersh Boasberg. |
| Event #4: | National
Gallery of Art Highlights
(2:00-3:30) Limited to 20 persons led by a docent. |
| Event #5: | Panel
Discussion: Challenges for the New Administration
(2:30-4:00) at the hotel. |
| Event #6: | Phillips
Collection, America’s first museum of modern art
(2:30-4:00) Limited to 20 persons. |
| Dinner: | Class Dinner
at the Cosmos Club Cocktails, dinner, John Eaton at the piano and Roger Englander leading us in Yale songs. (5:30-9:00) |
Saturday, April 25
Event #1 participants will not return in time to attend Kennedy Center matinee. Otherwise, choose one morning and one afternoon event. Participants will obtain their own lunches.
| Event #1: | Mt. Vernon, an expedition
by bus to see the house, new interpretive displays, the distillery and
gardens (8:30-1:00) Limited to 30 persons, lunch available at Mt. Vernon Inn. |
| Event #2: | Self-guided visits to
Smithsonian Museums, Galleries, and Monuments via Metro . Optional Events
available at various museums to be announced. Metro passes will
be provided. (all day) |
| Event #3: | Beatrix Ferrand’s iconic
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens in Georgetown and Tudor Place, nearby neoclassical
mansion completed in 1816 for Martha Washington’s granddaughter, Martha
Custis Peter, and lived in continuously by six Peter generations until 1983 (9:00-12:00) Limited to 20 persons led by Sally Boasberg. |
| Event #4: | Kennedy Center Matinee:
Ragtime, a musical based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow.
(12:30-5:00), 60 seats reserved. |
| Dinner: | Class Dinner at a House of
Representatives Caucus Room Cocktails, dinner, and remarks by Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank. (6:30-9:00) |
Sunday, April 26
Farewell Brunch at the Hotel (8:00-10:30)
Washington National Cathedral
A bus will leave the hotel at 10:15 for those who wish to walk around the cathedral and grounds and/or attend the 11:15 service.
