Embassy Row and Dupont Circle are a center of architecture, statesmanship—and crime and intrigue. Perfect for a Halloween-themed event.About this Event
Embassy Row, Halloween History Tour!!
Founded as D.C.’s ritziest neighborhood, and long the sites of foreign embassies and espionage, Embassy Row and Dupont Circle are a center of architecture, statesmanship—and crime and intrigue. Perfect for a Halloween-themed event. Take a walk into the exciting past and alluring present of this world-renowned locale!
MEET at the Dupont Circle fountain, 1 Dupont Circle NW Washington, DC 20036.
Length: c. 2 hours.
Nearest metro stop: Dupont Circle. You might bring water and walking shoes.
Some of our scary itinerary!:
· The site of the worst terrorist attack in D.C. history
· How American agents stole intel from an enemy embassy
· Vanished, and preserved, mansions of the Gilded Age
· The home of a Cursed diamond
· The architect of Dupont Circle, and the Lincoln Memorial
· The home of a doomed President
· Dueling statues of a great imperialist and a great anti-imperialist
· The moveable ghost of the moveable graveyard
· Where the Attorney General, and a future President, were nearly bombed to death
· The site of the M**der of a ranking foreign diplomat
· Cavalry duel--General Sheridan vs General Stuart
· The traitorous spy of a valued ally
· The secret espionage tunnel
· George Washington’s private club
· And Washington, D.C.’s even more exclusive club
· Dupont Circle’s craziest house
· The Confederacy’s retirement home
· Statues of famed leaders from Turkey, Czech Republic, India….
· House of a witness to a presidential assassination
· A Russian spy nest hiding in plain sight
· Museum of a brewer who outwitted Prohibition
· The most qualified man to be President--who was never elected
· The suicide that spun off from a great tragedy
· And more!
Your guide is a former writer for the “Tonight Show”, and ex-White House speechwriter, and author of the new historical novel, based on actual World War II espionage in Embassy Row and Georgetown, Femme Fatalité:
www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalité-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel/dp/B0F5WCR39S
Also a forthcoming history of Georgetown, the neighborhood adjacent to Embassy Row:
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/georgetown-on-the-potomac/?srsltid=AU7gw4WgKf7XxuSzdm9EUVIsD38KkvfilIuDiMJbXjDdPkqfNQY5lHNQ
MEET at the Dupont Circle fountain, 1 Dupont Circle NW Washington, DC 20036.
The Dupont Circle metro is nearby.
Think history is boring? Not on this tour!
Join us on the tour of a neighborhood steeped in history, beautiful buildings, and M**der & espionage!
Event venue
Dupont Circle Fountain, 1 Dupont Circle N.W., Washington, United States
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