Best Tours - DC Presents

Walking Tour of Arlington Cemetery featuring a Special Visit To the Rarely Seen Stables at Fort Myer!

When: Schedule for Spring and Summer 2009

Third Saturday of May, June, July and August at 10:00 AM

May 16, June 20, July 18 and August 15

Join us for a special treat as we do a tour through Arlington Cemetery, our nation's most sacred resting place. We'll see a member of the Honor Guard standing watch at the Tomb of the Unknowns and other sites along the way before venturing onto Fort Myer to get a special BEHIND THE SCENES look at the U.S. Army's last horse unit.

The Caisson Unit at Fort Myer contains a stable of over two dozen special horses that pull the caisson during funerals at Arlington Cemetery. We'll get a special, behind the scenes tour that includes a presentation by a member of the U.S. Army's elite Honor Guard and a chance to meet and pet these beautiful horses that they tend.

The tour will last about three hours. This is a walking tour will cover a moderate amount of distance.

Price: $10 per person

Meet: Inside the Visitors Center at Arlington Cemetery. Parking is available. Or you can take Metro's Blue Line to the Arlington Cemetery Stop.

Note: Everyone must bring with them a valid form of picture ID, preferably a drivers license. A passport will do for visitors who are not a US citizen.

For More Information, contact me at OUTNAWAY@HOTMAIL.COM.