New Year’s Day Weekend Tour of Downtown DC’s Rich History!

100 1st St., N.W.,Washington DC 20016

02 January, 2022

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New Year’s Day Weekend Tour of Downtown DC’s rich history: Capitol Building to the White House’s Lafayette Square! New Year’s Day Weekend Tour of Downtown DC’s rich history: Capitol Building to the White House’s Lafayette Square! Sunday, January 2, 11:30 am! A walk from the Capitol Building to “President’s Park”, Lafayette Square, has an amazing number of locales relating to famous events and personalities in American culture & history. This unique walking tour will touch on the startling events that occurred on these famous downtown streets. Kick off the new year & burn off some of that holiday feasting with a fascinating stroll through DC's historic core. MEET at the General Grant Memorial statue, at the west side of the Capitol Building. Several Metro stops nearby. Free parking next to the reflecting pool on the northwest side of the Capitol Building. Bicycle and scooter rentals available. Length of tour: 2-2.5 hours. Some of our fun, action-packed itinerary!: • The First Lady who saved the President • Studio of America’s unknown great photographer • The heroes of Gettysburg • The Congressman who averted a war with George Washington • The place which inspired an Oscar-winning movie, and where a plot to assassinate a President was hatched! • Lafayette’s wild life--in France. • The secret society of “free men of color” • Workplace of the most famous caregiver in American history • The biggest sex scandal in U.S. history • America’s most influential architects • The great inventor who botched his political career • The other assassination attempts on the night of Lincoln’s death • The worst scoundrels of the city’s past • The site of the assassination of a President & former general • The lairs of spies and turncoats • A reenactment of Lincoln’s murder • The bloody riots between Army commanders and Army veterans And more! Your guide is a former writer for the “Tonight Show”, and ex-White House speechwriter, the writer of new books on the hidden history of the Capitol and White House: 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 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lost-history-of-the-capitol-edward-p-moser/1139708776You must RSVP to attend. 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 And social media: https://www.facebook.com/LafayetteSquareTourOfScandalAssassinationIntrigue/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wNOkNHN1VA&t=2s And have podcasts and audio books: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/99e8e18b-45be-4153-8609-79f5821eacfa/scandal-murder-spies-in-the-wild-hidden-history-of-washington-d-c https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details?id=AQAAAEC8HRNdvM https://open.spotify.com/show/0mK88sCLvyQ7C49UrYtSLu Think history is boring? Think again! And join us in ringing and walking in 2022! 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