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Jefferson Memorial
Williamsburg
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor: View more than 16,000 creatures
and walk through a rain forest at the National Aquarium
before “traveling” through the human body at the Maryland
Science Center.
Washington, DC’s
National Mall: Bordered
by the U.S. Capitol
and the Washington
Monument, the
National Mall is home
to the many museums
that comprise the
a charming Old Town district – and the Civil War hotspot Smithsonian Institution. Visit the National Archives’ Rotunda
of Fredericksburg, home to the 9,000-acre Fredericksburg for the Charters of Freedom to view the cornerstones
and Spotsylvania National Military Park. The train continues of American liberty: the Declaration of Independence, the
to Virginia’s capital of Richmond and colonial Williamsburg Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.
– considered by many to be America’s fi nest living history
museum – before concluding its journey at Newport News, Presidential Homes: Relive
where connecting service is offered to the popular seaside America’s early years
resort of Virginia Beach. with a trip to George
The Amtrak Crescent
®
line also serves the Capital Region, Washington’s Mount
departing from New York City bound for New Orleans with Vernon in Alexandria,
stops in Baltimore, Washington, DC and Manassas, Virginia, Virginia. Then travel south
the strategic railroad crossing that became the site of the fi rst to the Charlottesville area
major land battle of America’s Civil War, the Battle of Bull and the estates of three
Run. The Crescent continues to picturesque Charlottesville, more U.S. presidents: Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, James
home to the University of Virginia and Monticello, President Madison’s Montpelier and James Monroe’s Ashlawn-Highland.
Thomas Jefferson’s mountain-top estate located near the
scenic splendor of the Shenandoah National Park. After passing Virginia’s Historic Triangle:
through Lynchburg and Danville, the train continues through Experience life in 18th-
the Carolinas to Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana, stopping at century Williamsburg,
such major cities as Charlotte, Atlanta and Birmingham before then travel to the nearby
arriving at its fi nal destination of New Orleans. Jamestown Settlement and
The Amtrak Carolinian
SM
, meanwhile, departs New York City Yorktown Victory Center,
bound for Charlotte, NC, stopping in Baltimore, Washington, which commemorate
DC and Quantico, Virginia – home to the U.S. Marine Corps the fi rst permanent settlement in America and George
base that houses the FBI Academy – before continuing on to Washington’s resounding victory that brought an end to the
Richmond and into North Carolina, terminating at Charlotte. Revolutionary War.
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