GHOSTS and SPIES Tour of Georgetown!

1226 36th Street Northwest,Washington DC 20007

20 October, 2021

Description

GHOSTS and SPIES Tour of Georgetown! Historic, alluring Georgetown is today famous for its Halloween parties and parades. A thriving, antebellum tobacco port, it 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 & contemporary espionage. A perfect place for a Halloween horror tour of scandal, murder, misbehavior and intrigue--bracketed by some of the nation's finest architecture! And perhaps a pub or restaurant afterwards. When: Wednesday, Oct. 20, 5:45 pm. 2 hours. Where: Meet outside the 1789 Restaurant, 1226 36th St. and Prospect St., N.W., D.C. The action-packed itinerary will select from the following persons & events: • The most haunted house in America • The Ghost inside the machine • The Lincolns and the supernatural • The woman spy who trick-or-treated France, Hitler--and J. Edgar Hoover • Exorcisms and executions • A famous journalist and witch • A Founding Father’s brush with the Devil • Mysterious hideaways along the Underground Railroad • Mysteries of the Old Stone House • The murdered lover of a beloved President • The secret lair where the C.I.A. was founded • George Washington’s bodyguard, and a presidential murder • The nephew of Mark Twain, and his scheme for eternal life • Daring spy escapes • A famed female author’s brush with war-time horror And more!! Who: Your host is the author of many books of history, including 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= That book is a sequel to, The White House’s Unruly Neighborhood – Crime, Scandal & Intrigue in 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). He is a former presidential speechwriter, 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!! Your host is a former writer for Jay Leno’s “The Tonight Show”, a former presidential speechwriter, and the author of the book America from A to Z: http://www.amazon.com/Patriots-America-Things-American-Should-ebook/dp/B00655SO9S/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1415975803