Tour of Reopened Lafayette Square, and the White House Neighborhood!

1401 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest,Washington DC 20004

15 May, 2021

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Tour of Reopened Lafayette Square, and the White House Neighborhood With Lafayette Sq. across from the White House opened for the first time in months, take a trip back into the dark wild history of D.C.’s most famous sites! This special tour combines the White House, Lafayette Square, Treasury Dept., and Willard Hotel areas! When: Sunday, May 15, 11:30 pm. About 2 hours. Where: Meet in the lobby of the Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., DC. Who: Your host is a former writer for Jay Leno’s “The Tonight Show”, the author of the book America from A to Z, a former presidential speechwriter, and writer of a book on the history of 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 What: Perhaps because of its proximity to great power and wealth, the White House, Treasury Building, and Lafayette Square area has been witness to two centuries of mayhem and mischief, and even some positive events. We will visit many actual sites of espionage and bloodletting, drawing from the following: • The assassins who stalked Presidents near the White House • Monuments to a famed commander of the First World War • The Treasury spy whose treason led to Pearl Harbor • The Congressman who murdered a famous American • The sex scandal that wiped out an entire Cabinet • The cunning Mata Hari who caused the deaths of hundreds of U.S. soldiers • Terrifying White House ghost tales • The tragic end of a famous female artist • The greatest slave escape in American history • The hotel that birthed a scandalous Washington practice • The secret symbols within the Square’s architecture • John Wilkes Booth’s vast conspiracy • Graveyards and race tracks in the Square of old • An invading army’s destruction of the Executive Mansion • The femme fatale who nearly broke up Camelot • Where MLK wrote the “I Have a Dream Speech”, and where America’s most uplifting martial anthem was penned • The Civil War—of Alexander Hamilton! • The Midnight Ride of—not who’d you’d expect • Duels to the death in the Old Republic • A traitorous head of the U.S. Army And more!! Questions? Ask here, or at: [email protected] Think history’s boring? Think again!!