Optional Events

Register for the optional event of your choice on the ACVP Registration Form [PDF - 129KB] .  Three options are being offered for Monday afternoon.  There are additional fees for the optional tours.  Please note that spouses must pay the fees outlined below too.

A Visit to the North American Wolf Foundation Preserve

Please join us for this very unique experience as we travel out of Boston to visit the North American Wolf Foundation Preserve, the only facility of its kind in the East. The North American Wolf Foundation is a non-profit educational facility committed to the preservation of the Gray Wolf. It is dedicated to teaching and providing an opportunity to experience the wolf in as natural a setting as possible and to preserving the wolf in the wild through educational programs offered to the public.  Guests will be taken to an outdoor observation area where they will observe a pack of Timberwolves while listening to a fascinating one hour lecture given by the Director, who will discuss and demonstrate human/ wolf interaction and wolf behaviors.

This is an inspiring and educational experience for people of all ages. The wolf preserve is making a significant contribution to the preservation of the magnificent wolf in America. Don’t miss this opportunity to witness the pack of ten British Columbian Timberwolves and learn about these beautiful creatures in a natural environment. (Transportation time will be 45 minutes one-way).

In the Footsteps of John F. Kennedy

We will drive along the banks of the Charles River by Massachusetts Institute of Technology to Harvard, where six United States Presidents have been educated. Founded in 1636 to train Puritan Ministers, the college reflects the three-and-a-half centuries of growth from a small rural college to one of the world’s leading universities.

We’ll pass the Cambridge Common, where George Washington first took command of the Continental Army, and Tory Row. This beautiful neighborhood, rich in Revolutionary history, was later the home of Longfellows, Lowells and Lawrences - Boston Brahmins who have so greatly enriched the Commonwealth.

Concentrating on the Presidency of one of Harvard’s most illustrious graduates, we’ll celebrate the life of a young man who went to Harvard and became the 35th President of the United States. We will learn how his family - the Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys - helped shape Irish politics in Boston; and follow the path of his life to the celebrated statesman we so fondly remember.

We’ll visit the spectacular Kennedy Library and Museum, appropriately situated on Dorchester Bay overlooking the harbor islands. After a moving film tribute, we’ll view the marvelous new exhibits to experience “first hand” Kennedy’s life, leadership and legacy. Visitors will especially enjoy hearing about life on the campaign trail and walking through the White House corridors.

Boston City Tour and Behind the Scenes of Fenway Park

Boston has grown from a narrow peninsula in colonial times to a thriving, cosmopolitan metropolis. As your tour meanders through the wonderful neighborhoods and environs of Boston Old and New, our guide will bring 17th, 18th and 19th century Boston alive, pointing out Boston’s countless historical landmarks and architectural monuments of the past, as well as the 20th and 21st century skyscrapers that have so radically altered the original Shawmut Peninsula. We’ll view the palatial mansions and churches of the Victorian Back Bay, the charming Beacon Hill streetscapes and the many colonial landmarks of the Freedom Trail.

Following the waterfront past the site of the Boston Tea Party, we’ll proceed on foot through the narrow, winding streets of the North End, the former neighborhood of Paul Revere and John Hancock. There we will relive the events that sparked the Revolution by visiting the Old North Church. Our second stop will be at the Charlestown Navy Yard, where we will see the beloved “Old Ironsides,” the oldest commissioned warship afloat in any Navy of the world. We will view her from dockside and hear about her exploits against the Barbary pirates.

Our third stop will be at Fenway, America’s most beloved ballpark where the Babe pitched, the Kid hit, Yaz dazzled and where fans are still thrilled. You’ll soak up the history and visit the Press Box and the new Red Sox Hall of Fame.

At the end of the tour, guests will disembark at Quincy Market – America’s oldest marketplace in all of its revitalized splendor. You will have an hour to meander through this vibrant landmark and wind among the shops, restaurants and bars, vendor carts and street musicians.

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