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Experience the Jacksonville area through optional tours
One of the great things
about National Convention and Symposium is the opportunity to explore
the host city with professional guides. Join fellow Exchangites and
guests on the optional tours set up just for you! The tours include
deluxe round-trip transportation, an escort or certified tour guide, and
all applicable admissions, including taxes. Listed times below
indicate when tours depart and return to the hotel. Meals are
included in tour price only when noted. Tours may be cancelled if the
minimum number of tour guests is not reached. Sign up for tours on the
Convention Registration Form. Tour
reservations are due by June 22, 2009.
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Optional Youth Activities have been
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Welcome to Jacksonville
Monday, July 13, 1:30 – 4 p.m.
 Board
a deluxe motor coach for your delightful narrated drive-by
windshield tour of the “River City.” Fascinating stories and amusing
anecdotes give you a unique perspective on Jacksonville and its
history. Learn about the Timuquan, the area’s first inhabitants,
French and Spanish colonization 55 years before the Pilgrims landed
in the new world, and the Great Fire of 1901. See the one-of-a-kind
Memorial Wall, the Old Gator Bowl Stadium, the Florida Theatre,
Treaty Oak, and much more of the downtown area. Also included in the
tour: the first Florida condos, Bryson Residence (also known as
Marble House for the marble quarried from Georgia), The Leon Cheek
residence built in 1928 (Cheek was head of the Cheek and Niel Coffee
company, known today as Maxwell House). The motor coach will also
drive by seven historical homes.
Cost per person: $45
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St. Augustine
Tuesday, July 14, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
 Did
you know that the area’s beaches are on a barrier island? Join the
group as they take the scenic A1A Highway along the barrier island
down to St. Augustine. Enjoy the narration and history about the
area along the way and learn how St. Augustine became the oldest
continuously occupied city. The group will get a drive-by with
narration and history of the Fountain of Youth,
Old Jail, Mission of Nombre de Dios (shrine where the first Catholic
mass was celebrated), Castillo de San Marcos (the nation’s oldest
monument), and much more! The tour will also include Magnolia
Street, listed by National Geographic as one of the most beautiful
streets in America. The group will learn about Henry Flagler and his
three wives. Free time is built into the day for shopping and lunch
on your own on St. George Street. The coach will depart at 3 p.m.
for the ride back to the hotel.
Cost per person: $58
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World Golf Hall of Fame
Tuesday, July 14, 1 – 6 p.m.
CANCELLED
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Amelia Island
Wednesday, July 15, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
 Join
the group on a day of island-hopping-by-motor-coach—from Ft. George
Island to Little Talbot Island to Big Talbot Island to Amelia
Island—up the scenic A1A Highway (part of the Great Florida Birding
Trail). The group will enjoy narrative talk from the guide along the
way and stops at the Kingsley Plantation and American Beach. Homes
on Amelia Island date back as far as 1800. The tour will drive by
some of the most unusual homes and businesses, so be sure to bring
your camera! Lunch is on your own, with free time for shopping.
Cost per person: $58
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Optional Youth Activities have been cancelled |
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