Walking Tour of Spooky, Scenic Congressional Cemetery!

1801 E Street Southeast,Washington DC 20003

10 January, 2021

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Tour of Ghostly, Scenic, Historic Congressional Cemetery, D.C.! Tour of Ghostly Congressional Cemetery, D.C., Sunday, January 10, 2021, 1 pm! Congressional Cemetery, east of Capitol Hill and Nationals Stadium, is one of the most historic and fascinating graveyards in the nation. Among those who’ve been laid to rest there are famed musician John Philip Sousa, as well as J. Edgar Hoover and his rumored lover, and D.C. Mayor Marion Barry. And the bodies of Dolley Madison and John Quincy Adams, kept there in a public vault until their burials elsewhere. The graveyard, which dates from 1807, also contains the remains of civilians killed in a horrific munitions blowup, whose funeral President Lincoln attended, and those who died in the U.S. Navy’s worst accident. The place is closely linked to noted architects Benjamin Latrobe and William Thornton, the original designers of the Capitol Building. For generations Congress itself maintained the cemetery, and today its upkeep is aided by its packs of mascot dogs, as well as ghostly special events. When: Sunday, January 10, 2021, 1 pm What: A ghost-filled walking tour of D.C.’s most famed and politically charged graveyard Where: Meet at Potomac Ave SOUTHEAST and 18th St., Washington, DC 20003 Length. About 2 hours. Questions? Contact: [email protected]. Our packed itinerary will draw from: • Two Presidents who died early in office, and conspiracy theories about their deaths • The gravesite of D.C.’s “Mayor for Life”, Marion Barry. • The astonishing memorial to D.C.’s most successful “lady of the evening” • The more recently deceased, such as FBI founder J. Edgar Hoover and House Speaker Tip O’Neill • The locale of Nazi saboteurs • The architect whose beguiling sister bewitched Thomas Jefferson • The Cabinet officers who were killed in the worst peace-time Navy accident in American history--and the wild funeral that ensued! • The local resident who composed the Marine Corps marches while hating recorded music • The mysterious vault that contained the remains of Dolley Madison and John Quincy Adams • Planners of the Underground Railroad • The Choctaw Indian chief of the Battle of New Orleans, plus an Apache chief! • Intriguing funereal architecture • America’s first woman journalist • The man who taught politics the gerrymander • The first assassination attempt on a President • A memorial to Irish immigrants slain in one of the Civil War’s worst accidents • The Lincoln assassination conspirator who hid among the graves, and the final resting place of another major Lincoln killer. • The brave Marine who singlehandedly put down a race riot • The man who designed the Washington Monument, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Treasury Building, and his critics’ vicious attacks on his skill • The woman who taught Lincoln about emancipation • The son of the man who saved the original Declaration of Independence and Constitution • Ghosts and goblins among the ruins And more! Your guide is a former writer for the “Tonight Show”, and ex-White House speechwriter, and author of: 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.amazon.com/Patriots-America-Things-American-Should/dp/1596525495 Join us in Washington, D.C.: A Capitol place for scandal and intrigue! 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! https://www.facebook.com/LafayetteSquareTourOfScandalAssassinationIntrigue