Christmas Week History Hike—Georgetown Tour, Thursday, Dec. 22, 3 pm!

2900 k st., n.w.,Washington DC 20007

22 December, 2022

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Christmas Week History Hike—Georgetown Tour, Thursday, Dec. 22, 3 pm! Once a thriving, antebellum tobacco port, Georgetown was key to the founding of the nation’s capital, a place of bitter contention during the Civil War, long a site of political scandal and mysterious deaths, as well as a cockpit of Cold War, WW2, and current espionage, even home to several of America’s most influential inventors. A perfect place for a brisk walking tour--the day before the “Stupor Bowl” day of eating, drinking, & watching--of scandal, murder, misbehavior and intrigue and, in the spirit of the season, heroes and heroines too, all bracketed by some of the nation's finest architecture! MEET: On the Waterfront outside the Swedish embassy next to the ugly sculpture. At the foot of 30th St., Not K St.! (Some apps give the wrong address). What: The action-packed itinerary will select from the following persons & events: • George Washington’s bodyguard, and a presidential murder • America’s craziest house • The spy whose schemes killed dozens of CIA operatives • Where D.C. was founded • The first woman to win the Congressional Medal of Honor • Assassination conspiracies • Mysterious hideaways for runaway slaves • Mysteries of the Old Stone House • Sites of the Civil War • Presidential scandals • Today's secret foreign agents • Astonishing cloak-and-dagger escapes • The clever craft of Russian espionage • The woman spy who fooled fascist France, Italy--and J. Edgar Hoover • A famed female author’s brush with war-time horror And more!! Who: Your host is is a former presidential speechwriter, a former writer for “The Tonight Show, author of many books of history, including his newest, The White House’s Unruly Neighborhood: Crime, Scandal and Intrigue in Lafayette Square!: https://www.amazon.com/White-Houses-Unruly-Neighborhood-Lafayette-ebook/dp/B082ZVDCD7/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1555118270&sr=1-1-catcorr And his latest, The Lost History of the Capitol!: The Hidden and Tumultuous Saga of Congress and the Capitol Building: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-History-Capitol-Tumultuous-Congress-ebook/dp/B099JBSN9Q/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= We’re on TripAdvisor!: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g28970-d12791843-Reviews-Lafayette_Square_Tour_of_Scandal_Assassination_Intrigue-Washington_DC_District_of.html Think history’s boring? Think again!!