Dartmouth Class of ’61 Mini Reunion 2010

Philadelphia

April 22-25, 2010

With an optional extension

[ Bring your Medicare cards - SEPTA ( the area transit company ) allows free bus , subway & trolley rides and  $1 train rides  for Senior Citizens with Medicare cards .]

Highlights :

Hotel : The Union League Club – A shining jewel of history. Founded in 1862 as a patriotic society , it houses archives on Civil War . The Inn at the League provides 3 floors of guest rooms . We have reserved 30 rooms for our Class at a special room rate of $185 per nite ( add 7% for taxes ) , which includes an extensive breakfast , use of the business center and library , use of the excellent athletic facilities and a reduced rate at the adjacent League garage .

Private tour of the Barnes Museum – one of the world’s best Collections of French early modern and post impressionist art rivaling the collections at the Met and the Louvre.

Lunch at the Merion Cricket Club – one of the oldest and most Elegant racquet clubs in North America .

Dinner at the newly restored 19 th century Waterworks overlooking the Schuykill River just below Boathouse Row .

Bus tour of historic Philadelphia and a visit to Independence Park and The new Constitution Center . This experience will be enhanced By a briefing by our Classmate and Historian , Ron Heinemann of Hampden-Sydney College .

Dinner and dancing at the Union League

Optional day on Monday – will include a tour of Longwood Gardens, a former duPont Estate with an extraordinary layout of formal gardens , and a vist to the Brandywine River Museum , which houses an extensive collection of Wyeth family art .

Posted September 30, 2009 by David Prewitt, Chair of Mini-reunions outside Hanover

More Details will be posted as they are available.