Trip Itinerary
Travel and Accommodations Details
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Charter bus transportation with departure from Lowes Home Improvement Center, 842 Pike Street, Marietta, at 6:00 a.m. and WV Park & Ride at the intersection of US 50 and I-77, Parkersburg WV, at 6:20 a.m. on Wednesday, November 8, 2023.
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Admission and narrated tours of each of the attractions, battlefields, and sites indicated. Note that admission fees to attractions in Charleston during our free-time there on Thursday evening and Friday afternoon, November 9-10, 2023, are specifically excluded.
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Accommodations
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Wednesday evening, November 8, 2023, by Hampton Inn, 122 Wall Street, Camden SC 29020;
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Thursday evening, November 9, 2023, by Holiday Inn Express Charleston, 350 Johnnie Dodds Boulevard, Mt. Pleasant SC 29464;
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Friday evening, November 10, 2023, by Hilton Garden Inn, 1500 Queen Street, Beaufort SC 29901,
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Saturday evening, November 11, 2023, by Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 895 Spartan Boulevard, Spartanburg SC 29301.
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Dining venues are easily accessible from our hotels and, when required, transportation will be provided.
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Other than complimentery breakfasts provided by our hotels and the Gullah Geechee luncheon served at Boon Hall and Gardens Plantation on Friday, November 10, 2023, no meals or gratuities are included.
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Our charter bus will return to the WVDOT Park and Ride in Parkersburg at approximately 7:35 p.m. and Lowe’s Home Improvement Center in Marietta at approximately 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 12, 2023.
Summary Field Trip Itinerary
Day 1 - Travel from Marketta and Parkersburg to Camden, SC (early a.m. departure)
Battle of Camden Battlefield Tour
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
Maj. Gen. Baron Johan DeKalb Monument
Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution Museum
Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site
Day 2 - Travel from Camden to Charleston, SC (early a.m. departure)
HL Hunley Museum & Exhibit, North Charleston
Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens Tour, "Explore Gullah Culture" presentation and Gullah luncheon, Mt. Pleasant
Breach Inlet, Sullivan's Island
Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island
Day 3 - Travel from Charleston to Beaufort, SC (late afternoon departure)
Charleston Harbor & Fort Sumter Boat Tour
Free Afternoon in Charleston's Historic District
Day 4 - Travel from Beaufort to Spartanburg, SC (late afternoon departure)
Penn Center Heritage Celebration
Camp Saxton
Robert Smalls Home and Family Cemetery
Reconstruction Era Museum
Beaufort National Cemetery
Day 5 - Travel from Spartanburg, SC to Marietta and Parkersburg (early a.m. departure)
Cowpens National Battlefield
Historic National Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina