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DESCRIPTION:Experience Washington\, DC\, and Arlington\, Virginia\, on this
  four-hour guided tour by [USA Guided Tours](https://usaguidedtours.com/) 
 while your companion attends the Region Board Meeting! Normally priced at 
 $90 each\, IEEE Companions can access this exclusive guided tour for only 
 $55 per person\, which covers all fees and gratuities\, thanks to the supp
 ort from IEEE Region leadership.\n\n[]\n\nThe tour starts at 9 AM on Satur
 day\, June 7th\, with pickup at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel\, and con
 cludes at 1 PM with dropoff at the [Fashion Centre at Pentagon City Mall](
 https://www.simon.com/mall/fashion-centre-at-pentagon-city).\n\nPlease not
 e that lunch is not included with the Guided Tour\; however\, many [dining
  options are](https://www.simon.com/mall/fashion-centre-at-pentagon-city/d
 ining) available at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City Mall.\n\nFree Sher
 aton shuttles returning to the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel depart from th
 e Pentagon City Mall in front of the Ritz-Carlton once every hour on the 4
 5 until 9:45 PM.\n\nOn the tour\, you&#39;ll visit:\n\n[Historic Christ Church
 ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church\,_Washington_Parish)\n\n[Chr
 ist Church]\n\n[George Washington Masonic National Memorial](https://gwmem
 orial.org/)\n\n[]\n\n[National 911 Pentagon Memorial at The Pentagon](http
 s://pentagonmemorial.org/)\n\n[]\n\n[Arlington Cemetery](https://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery)\n\nWalking Tour\n\n[]\n\n[Tomb o
 f the Unknown Soldier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_S
 oldier_(Arlington_National_Cemetery))\n\n[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]\n\n
 [Changing of the Guard](https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/explore/changing
 -of-the-guard)\n\n[]\n\nPlease register for this event by 1 PM on May 20th
  so that we can have an accurate count. The tour requires a minimum of 15 
 attendees and has a maximum of 30. If the tour must be canceled due to low
  registration\, refund checks will be issued at the meeting.\n\nAgenda: \n
 - 9 AM - Pickup @ Sheraton Pentagon City\n- Historic Christ Church (Old To
 wn Alexandria)\n- George Washington Masonic National Memorial\n- National 
 911 Pentagon Memorial/The Pentagon\n- Arlington Cemetery (Walking Tour)\n-
  Tomb of the Unknown Soldier\n- Changing of the Guard\n\n- 1 PM Drop off a
 t the [Fashion Center @ Pentagon City Mall](https://www.simon.com/mall/fas
 hion-centre-at-pentagon-city/dining)\n-  Lunch on your own\, [dining optio
 ns](https://www.simon.com/mall/fashion-centre-at-pentagon-city/dining) at 
 the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City Mall\n\n- __:45 PM - Shuttles returnin
 g to the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel depart from the Pentagon City Mall i
 n front of the Ritz-Carlton once every hour on the 45 until 9:45 PM.\n\nBl
 dg: Sheraton Pentagon City\, 900 South Orme St.\, Arlington\, Virginia\, U
 nited States
LOCATION:Bldg: Sheraton Pentagon City\, 900 South Orme St.\, Arlington\, Vi
 rginia\, United States
ORGANIZER:eric.t.brown@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:102
SUMMARY:2025 IEEE Region 1 &amp; Region 2 Joint Board Meeting Companion Program
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/481296
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box\; marg
 in: 0px\; padding: 0px\;&quot;&gt;Experience Washington\, DC\, and Arlington\, Vir
 ginia\, on this four-hour guided tour by&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://usaguidedt
 ours.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;USA Guided Tours&lt;/a&gt; while your 
 companion attends the Region Board Meeting! &lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: borde
 r-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;&quot;&gt;Normally priced at $90 each\, IEEE C
 ompanions can access this exclusive guided tour for&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;only $55
  per person&lt;/strong&gt;\, which covers all fees and gratuities\, thanks to th
 e support from IEEE Region leadership.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img s
 tyle=&quot;display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-right: auto\;&quot; src=&quot;http
 s://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/18/0e/c0/6a/luxury-bus
 es.jpg?w=1200&amp;amp\;h=900&amp;amp\;s=1&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;&quot;&gt;&lt;spa
 n style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;&quot;&gt;The&amp;nbsp\;
 &lt;strong&gt;tour starts at 9 AM&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;on Saturday\, June 7th\, with p
 ickup at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel\, and&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;concludes at
  1 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;with dropoff at the&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.simon.
 com/mall/fashion-centre-at-pentagon-city&quot;&gt;Fashion Centre at Pentagon City 
 Mall&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Please note that&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span st
 yle=&quot;box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;lunch 
 is not included&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;/span&gt;the Guided Tour\; however\, &lt;span sty
 le=&quot;box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\;&quot;&gt;many&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a h
 ref=&quot;https://www.simon.com/mall/fashion-centre-at-pentagon-city/dining&quot; ta
 rget=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;dining options are&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp\;available
  at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City Mall.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Free Sheraton
  shuttles returning to the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel depart from the Pe
 ntagon City Mall in front of the Ritz-Carlton once every hour on the 45 un
 til 9:45 PM.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;h2&gt;On the tour\, you&#39;ll visit:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/h2&gt;\n&lt;table styl
 e=&quot;border-collapse: collapse\; width: 100%\; border-width: 0px\; margin-le
 ft: auto\; margin-right: auto\; height: 676.23px\;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;
 col style=&quot;width: 33.2901%\;&quot;&gt;&lt;col style=&quot;width: 33.2901%\;&quot;&gt;&lt;col style=&quot;w
 idth: 33.2901%\;&quot;&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;\n&lt;tbody&gt;\n&lt;tr style=&quot;height: 322.115px\;&quot;&gt;\n
 &lt;td style=&quot;border-width: 0px\; text-align: center\; vertical-align: bottom
 \; height: 322.115px\;&quot; scope=&quot;col&quot;&gt;\n&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: center\;&quot;&gt;&lt;sp
 an style=&quot;font-size: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ
 _Church\,_Washington_Parish&quot;&gt;Historic Christ Church&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;p st
 yle=&quot;text-align: center\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https
 ://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Christ_Church_-_Washi
 ngton%2C_D.C..jpg/1920px-Christ_Church_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Chri
 st Church&quot; width=&quot;174&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td style=&quot;border-
 width: 0px\; text-align: center\; vertical-align: bottom\; height: 322.115
 px\;&quot; scope=&quot;col&quot;&gt;\n&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: center\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-siz
 e: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://gwmemorial.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener
 &quot;&gt;George Washington Masonic National Memorial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;t
 ext-align: center\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://upl
 oad.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Front_View_of_George_Washin
 gton_Masonic_National_Memorial.jpg/1280px-Front_View_of_George_Washington_
 Masonic_National_Memorial.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;136&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 \n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td style=&quot;border-width: 0px\; text-align: center\; vertical-alig
 n: bottom\; height: 322.115px\;&quot; scope=&quot;col&quot;&gt;\n&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: cent
 er\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://pentagonmemorial.or
 g/&quot;&gt;National 911 Pentagon Memorial at The Pentagon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;p sty
 le=&quot;text-align: center\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https:
 //pentagonmemorial.org/app/uploads/2021/05/column_left_img-490x650.jpg&quot; al
 t=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;151&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;tr style=&quot;height
 : 65.5938px\;&quot;&gt;\n&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center\; border-width: 0px\; verti
 cal-align: bottom\; height: 65.5938px\;&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18pt
 \;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center\; border-widt
 h: 0px\; vertical-align: bottom\; height: 65.5938px\;&quot;&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;
 font-size: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_Nation
 al_Cemetery&quot;&gt;Arlington Cemetery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td style=&quot;text-al
 ign: center\; border-width: 0px\; vertical-align: bottom\; height: 65.5938
 px\;&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr
 &gt;\n&lt;tr style=&quot;height: 288.521px\;&quot;&gt;\n&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center\; borde
 r-width: 0px\; vertical-align: bottom\; height: 288.521px\;&quot;&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span s
 tyle=&quot;font-size: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;Walking Tour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-si
 ze: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/portals/0/ANC-1_1.
 jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td style=&quot;text-a
 lign: center\; border-width: 0px\; vertical-align: bottom\; height: 288.52
 1px\;&quot;&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_(Arlington_National_Cemetery)&quot;&gt;Tomb 
 of the Unknown Soldier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18pt\;&quot;
 &gt;&lt;img style=&quot;text-align: left\;&quot; src=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped
 ia/commons/thumb/3/39/Tomb_of_the_Unknowns%2C_with_U.S._Navy_sailor_and_wo
 man%2C_May_1943.jpg/1920px-Tomb_of_the_Unknowns%2C_with_U.S._Navy_sailor_a
 nd_woman%2C_May_1943.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Tomb of the Unknown Soldier&quot; width=&quot;256&quot; he
 ight=&quot;200&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center\; border-widt
 h: 0px\; vertical-align: bottom\; height: 288.521px\;&quot;&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;
 font-size: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/explore/chan
 ging-of-the-guard&quot;&gt;Changing of the Guard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;
 font-size: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;text-align: left\;&quot; src=&quot;https://www.arling
 toncemetery.mil/portals/0/Images/changing-of-the-guard.jpg?ver=2018-05-31-
 114511-670&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;301&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;/t
 body&gt;\n&lt;/table&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Please register for this event by 1 PM&lt;span style=&quot;col
 or: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;on May 20th &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=
 &quot;color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;&quot;&gt;so that&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; we can have an accurate co
 unt.&amp;nbsp\;The tour requires a &lt;em&gt;minimum of 15&lt;/em&gt; attendees and has a 
 maximum of 30. If the tour must be canceled due to low registration\, refu
 nd checks will be issued at the meeting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
 \n&lt;li&gt;9 AM - Pickup @ Sheraton Pentagon City\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Historic Christ Ch
 urch (Old Town Alexandria)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;George Washington Masonic National Me
 morial&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;National 911 Pentagon Memorial/The Pentagon&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Arl
 ington Cemetery (Walking Tour)\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Tomb of the Unknown Soldier&lt;/li&gt;
 \n&lt;li&gt;Changing of the Guard&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;1 PM Dro
 p off at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.simon.com/mall/fashion-centre-at-pentago
 n-city/dining&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Fashion Center @ Pentagon Ci
 ty Mall&lt;/a&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;
  padding: 0px\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;Lunch on your own\, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.simon.com
 /mall/fashion-centre-at-pentagon-city/dining&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopene
 r&quot;&gt;dining options&lt;/a&gt; at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City Mall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/
 li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;__:45 PM - Shuttles returning to the Sheraton Penta
 gon City Hotel&amp;nbsp\;depart from the Pentagon City Mall in front of the Ri
 tz-Carlton once every hour on the 45 until 9:45 PM.&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;
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