Annual Pre-Superbowl Calorie Burn History Hike--Georgetown, D.C.!

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

12 February, 2023

Description

Annual Pre-Superbowl Calory Burn History Hike—Georgetown Tour, Sunday, Feb. 12, Noon! Tour the thriving, antebellum tobacco port, Georgetown, 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--on the day of the “Stupor Bowl” day of eating, drinking, & watching--of scandal, murder, misbehavior and intrigue, 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 most haunted house • America’s craziest house • The spy whose schemes killed dozens of CIA operatives • The first woman to win the Congressional Medal of Honor • Assassination conspiracies • Mysterious hideaways for runaway slaves • The neighborhood’s old Red Light district • The femme fatale who bedeviled the KGB • Mysteries of the Old Stone House • The first Silicon Valley • Astonishing cloak-and-dagger escapes • An ancient, African-American cemetery • The clever craft of Russian agents • The woman spy who fooled fascist France, Italy--and J. Edgar Hoover • A famed female author’s brush with war-time horror • Presidential scandals 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, 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 The Lost Capitol!: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Lost_History_of_the_Capitol/MsM3EAAAQBAJ?hl=en And, The Two-Term Jinx!: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-two-term-jinx-edward-p-moser/1124219089 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!!