The Graybeards - KWVA - Korean War Veterans Association

✯ Sept. 22 - 26, 2004 ✯ ✯ ✯ Knoxville, TN
Go through the tunnel to Henley Street
Go to the second traffic light (at Church Avenue) - turn left
The Hotel is one (1) block up on the left
✯ Traveling South on 1-75 (1-275 South):
Take 1-275 South to Knoxville
Follow signs for 441 South/Henley Street
Go through the tunnel to Henley Street
Go to the second traffic light (at Church Avenue) - turn left
The Hotel is one (1) block up on the left
✯ Traveling West on 1-40:
Take Exit #388A (James White Parkway) - this will exit left
Take first exit off of James White Parkway (at Summit Hill)
You will come to a stop sign at Summit Hill - turn right
Go to the fourth traffic light (Locust Street) - turn left
The Hotel is three (3) blocks up on the left
Activities
✯ Wednesday, September 22
1:00pm - 6:00pm Reunion Registration open
Hospitality Room open
✯ Thursday, September 23
7:30am - 8:30am Reunion Registration open
9:00am - 2:00pm City Tour/Lunch Cruise
(description follows)
2:30pm - 4:30pm Reunion Registration open.
Additional hours will be posted at
the reunion if necessary.
✯ Friday, September 24
7:00am - 8:30am Full Breakfast Buffet
8:30am - 11:30am Board Meeting
9:00am - 3:45pm Ladies Tour (description follows)
1:30pm - 5:00pm General Membership Meeting
✯ Saturday, September 25
7:00am - 8:30am Continental Breakfast (fruit, cereals,
yogurt, breads, juice, & coffee / tea)
8:45am - 4:30pm Museum of the Appalachia/
Oak Ridge (description follows)
6:00pm - 7:00pm Cash Bar
7:00pm - Banquet begins
✯ Sunday, September 26
Farewells and Departures
Tour Descriptions
City Tour/Lunch Cruise
Thursday, September 23
Enjoy a guided driving tour of Knoxville, historic capital of the
Southwest Territory. Stop at the McClung Museum to see one of
the country’s finest exhibits of American Indian artifacts recovered
in the southeastern United States. Other points of interest
include the World’s Fair Site of 1982, Alex Haley Square, the
University of Tennessee campus, and the Gateway Regional
Visitor’s Center. Lunch, featuring baked chicken, will be onboard
Star of Knoxville Riverboat. Enjoy a relaxing sightseeing cruise
down the Tennessee River on an authentic 325-passenger stern
wheel riverboat.
9:00am board bus, 2:00pm back at the hotel
$58/Person includes bus, guide, and lunch cruise.
Ladies Tour
Friday, September 24
Board bus for Pigeon Forge, the friendly resort nestled in the
Great Smoky Mountains, and host to more than ten million visitors
a year. Learn the history of this area and how it has developed
into one of the country’s finest vacation spots. On the way, we’ll
stop at Douglas Dam Overlook for a beautiful view and then some
free time at Sugarland’s Visitation Center. For lunch and shopping,
we’ll head for Tanger Five Oaks Outlet Mall. You’ll find
everything from Samsonite, Reebok, and Isotoner to Oneida,
Polo, and Liz Claiborne. There’s something for everyone, and
there’s plenty of room on the bus for your purchases! Leave your
man at the hotel for the business meeting, while you take his wallet
to Pigeon Forge! On the way back, we’ll see Dolly Parton’s
statue in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee.
9:00am board bus, 3:45pm back at hotel
$31/Person includes bus and guide. Lunch on your own.
Museum of the Appalachia/Oak Ridge
Saturday, September 25
Begin the morning with a drive to the Museum of Appalachia
located in Norris. This nationally acclaimed farm/village complex
pays tribute to the early pioneers who settled the Big Valley of
east Tennessee in the 1700’s. The sixty-five acre museum includes
dozens of authentic log structures, a large display building, an
extensive craft and antique shop, and the Appalachian Hall of
Fame. Enjoy the self-guided tour, some gift shopping, and a great
lunch with entertainment. The buffet lunch consists of BBQ pork,
chicken, rolls, slaw, beans, iced tea, lemonade, and cookies.
During lunch watch and listen to the live band playing music of
the era and area! After lunch, embark on a brief driving tour of
Oak Ridge, home of the WWII Manhattan Project, on your way to
the American Museum of Science and Energy. This is one of the
world’s largest energy exhibits presented through interactive displays,
films, and live demonstrations. Learn the story of the
Manhattan Project, code name given to a massive wartime effort,
which produced the world’s first atomic weapons. Oak Ridge was
built in 1942 under cloak of great secrecy during WWII. The city
went from 3,000 residents to 75,000 almost overnight and three
manufacturing plants were constructed to develop a technology
that ended the war. Your visit will include a self-guided tour of the
museum and time to browse the gift shop.
8:45am board bus, 4:30pm back at hotel
$60/Person includes bus, guide, admissions, and lunch.
Driver and guide gratuities are not included in the tour prices.
Please plan to be at the bus boarding area at least five minutes
prior to the scheduled time.
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