One of the great things about living in NYC and having a grade school child, is the access to various historic cities. We did all of these by Amtrak and if you purchase ahead of time, the tickets are pretty inexpensive. I am trying to remember all this stuff but its almost a year for some of it so bear with...Boston,10/10, Philadelphia, 03/11 and Washington DC, 04/11.
In Boston we stayed in the Back Bay and everything was walkable or take the "T" . The Freedom Walk is a must and the New England Aquarium was great. Also take the ferry over to Charlestown (its like a $1.50 or near that and beats a cab) and see the USS Constitution.
Philadelphia, we stayed at a Hilton near their Aquarium and it was a pleasant walk over to Old Town, we saw the Mint and Liberty Bell but the highlight was Franklin Institute, if your kid is a science geek like mine, oh boy what a day. We had planned on the Franklin and the Art Museum with a quick stop by the "Rocky" statue, never made it out of the Franklin Institute.
What can I say about the Capital that you don't already know? We stayed at the Embassy Suite on 10th Street NW and were able to walk to most places, the hotel had a great restaurant and we found the Capital Grill about 3 minute walk away, liked it so much we went back a second time, good kids menu. We have been to DC twice in the last year and were lucky to get into the Senate and White House (east wing only) on private tours, contact your Congressperson well in advance, they should be willing to arrange it, part of the aides job, you can go spur of the moment but why wait on line? We always stop by the Viet Nam Vet Monument and this time also saw the Korean War, way to many things to see so a third trip soon.
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