American Revolution Tour with Glenn Rawson
12 Day American Revolution & Founding Fathers
Coastal Cruise and Land Tour with Glenn Rawson,
Educators, Authors and Re-Enactors
Duration:
12 Days
Coastal Cruise & Land Tour
Includes Pre-Trip Baltimore Tour and Overnight hotel package
Departure Date:
April 4 - 15, 2023
Starting at $6,930*
Special $300-$600 Group Booking Discount to be applied to each traveler depending on stateroom category selected.
Join story teller Glenn Rawson on an Amazing tour of the most historic sites of the American Revolution
Travel Back to the Dawn of America
This new 11-day American Revolution cruise allows you to explore the quaint towns and historic cities that have shaped our nation, including Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum with period-specific tradespeople, shopkeepers, and political figures.
Battlefields, Yorktown & Jamestown
Step onto the last battlefield of the Revolutionary War in Yorktown and travel to Jamestown, the site of the first English settlement in the New World. Explore our Nation’s capital, the Smithsonian exhibitions, and the area’s many historic monuments, before visiting Mount Vernon, George Washington’s iconic 18th-century home.
Educators, Experts and Re-Enactors
This unique cruise only happens twice a year with American Revolution History Experts provided by the cruise line, in addition to your trip leader Glenn Rawson. It sells out every year!
This will be an incredible educational tour where you’ll have the chance to experience some of the most important places including the homes of several of the Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence. On board and on shore, Revolutionary War experts, authors, and re-enactors join us to bring our nation’s history to life.
Founding Fathers Trip Highlights
Day 1: Arrive in Baltimore: Depending on your flight schedule, you will arrive in Baltimore and spend part of the day touring the area before staying the night at a hotel near the port.
Day 2: Baltimore, MD: Explore the decks of the legendary ships and cobblestone streets of the waterfront inner harbor. Cruise past Fort McHenry, where the battle that inspired Francis Scott Key’s “Star-Spangled Banner” was fought.
Day 3: Norfolk, VA: Enjoy tours of historic districts, museums, restored homes, and the Norfolk Naval Station.
Day 4: Williamsburg, VA: The restored 18th-century capital of Britain’s largest empire outpost in the New World. Once the political and economic center of the Virginia Colony, it is today the world’s premiere living history site.
Day 5: Yorktown, VA: Explore the site of the final battle of the American Revolution and travel back in time at Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th century American history.
Day 6: Washington, DC: Take your choice of visiting many museums, the Capital building, monuments and Arlington Cemetery.
Day 7: Mount Vernon, VA: Visit George Washington’s estate
Day 8: Cruising Along the Potomac River
Day 9: Cambridge, MD: Take your choice of various excursions and experience the diverse wildlife of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Day 10: St. Michaels, MD: Dock at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, once a famed shipbuilding village now dedicated to preserving history.
Day 11: Annapolis, MD: Serving briefly as the nation’s capital in 1783, your guide will introduce you to 350 years of living history, architecture and folklore, visiting homes of signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Day 12: Baltimore, MD: Option to add an additional extension or fly home.
Interested in learning more about optional tour extensions, Pre and Post trip extension options, and other unique options to continue your tour near Washington, DC?
What's Included?
- Trip Leader, Educator and Story Teller Glenn Rawson**
- Hotel Pre-Cruise Package Included
- Transfers to and from the airport & hotels
- Transportation to all scheduled activities
- Educators, Tours and guides
- Special “Glenn Rawson” firesides and learning opportunities + edutainment where guests will learn more about the area history
- Special visits to areas where the signers of the Declaration of Independence lived
- Airfare is not included in our pricing, however we help with booking airfare with all included transfers.
Glenn's Trips Fill Up Fast - Spots are limited! This will be a single bus tour. Book your spot to join Glenn Rawson Today
*Trip Prices may vary based on room type or location. Options to upgrade rooms to ocean view or higher levels are available at some hotel locations.
** Depending on the ability of Glenn to participate as a trip leader, there is a possibility that your trip leader could be changed if Glenn’s health were to make him unable to lead the trip. When you book any tour, we reserve the right to substitute your tour leader if Glenn is unable to travel due to health or illness.
