Georgetown Spy Tour!

2900 K Street Northwest,Washington DC 20007

19 February, 2021

Description

Georgetown Spy Tour, Saturday, January 16, 2021, 1 pm! A thriving, antebellum tobacco port, Georgetown was a place of bitter contention during the Civil War, and long a site of political scandal and mysterious deaths—and a cockpit of Cold War & WW2 espionage. A perfect place for a tour of its famous and infamous spies and cloak-and-dagger locales—as we stroll past some of the nation's finest architecture! When: Saturday, January 16, 2021, 1 pm. About 2.25 hours. Where: Meet outside the Swedish embassy, at the foot of 30th St, on the riverfront, next to the ugly metal artwork. Questions? Contact: [email protected] The action-packed itinerary will select from the following agents & events: • The spy whose greed killed dozens of American agents • Was an intel agency behind the murder of a President’s lover? • Top U.S. officials gulled by Soviet espionage schemes • The unknown Watergate break-in • The femme fatale who bedeviled the KGB • Mysterious hideaways for runaway slaves • The encoding machine that endured for 150 years • George Washington’s bodyguard for foiling British plots • Tricks of the trade from cunning Confederate spies • The femme fatal who foiled France, Mussolini’s Italy--and J. Edgar Hoover • A famed physician accused of espionage • “The spy who came in from the cold” • The back room where the CIA was founded • Daring exploits behind Nazi lines • How Beijing and Moscow spy today • The ranking defense official who may have been pushed to his death And more!! Who: Your host is the author of many books of history, including the White House’s Unruly Neighborhood: (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). He is a former presidential speechwriter, and a former writer for “The Tonight Show. We’re on TripAdvisor!: https://www.meetup.com/Lafayette-Sq-Tours-of-Scandal-Assassination-Spies-Meetup/ Think history’s boring? Think again!! https://www.facebook.com/LafayetteSquareTourOfScandalAssassinationIntrigue