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Posted on February 27, 2024 by East Lyme
- Tue, Apr 16th – The Orchid Show at New York Botanical Garden
Enjoy the tropical warmth of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at New York Botanical Garden. Floral in Fashion – Orchids have a magical
beauty and come in all different colors and scents. We will also be treated to the Magnolias blossoming in profusion. Be sure to take some
time in the Perennial & Rock gardens and the Home Gardening Center. Free time on Arthur Avenue for shopping at the Italian Markets.
Moderate walking. Trip fee is $120pp. Register now.
- Sun, May 19th – 9/11 Memorial & Museum
Explore the country’s principal institution concerned with exploring the implications of the events of September 11th – The National 9/11
Memorial & Museum. The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. Lunch on Brookfield
Place, an upscale food court in the heart of Lower Manhattan. Lots of walking, Trip fee is $118pp. Register now.
- Thu, May 30th – Harvard Glass Museum & The Mapparium
Picture a giant, hollow ball made of glass with stain glass as if it were a political map of the Earth turned inside out. You are inside
Mapparium. We will enjoy a three course family-style Italian lunch at Maggiano’s Little Italy. Next, be amazed by the realistic flowers made
of blown glass at The Glass Flowers exhibit in the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Moderate walking. Trip fee $150pp. Registration now open.
- Tue, Jun 11th – Newport Playhouse – Cemetery Club
Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new
life; Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun; and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the
butcher enters the scene. He meets the widows while visiting his wife’s grave. Doris and Lucille squash the budding romance between Sam
and Ida. Lunch is included. Minimal walking. Trip fee $122pp. Registration now open.
- Thu, Jun 20th – West Point Campus Tour
We will begin our day at The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, commemorating the extraordinary sacrifices of America’s servicemen who
were killed or wounded in combat. We will then enjoy a Bountiful Buffet at Hotel Thayer. Following lunch enjoy a fun & informative guided
tour of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Stop at the Cadet Chapel, Trophy Point, Battle Monument and the Plain. This tour requires moderate walking on some uneven ground at various stops, most of which are outdoors. Trip fee $154pp. Registration now open.