About this Event
Inauguration Day Walking Tour, White House Neighborhood, DC!
Examine 250 years of U.S. history in this unique tour, around the historic environs of the home and offices of America's Presidents.
Our packed itinerary will draw from:
o The President who saved the most lives
o President Washington's "right-hand man"
o The city's newest memorial--the longest group sculpture in America
o Where President-Elect U.S. Grant held court
o The woman who helped with President Madison's greatest crisis
o The "entertainment district" that disturbed President Lincoln
o The Congressman who brokered America's first Civil War--of 1794
o Memorials to Jackie Kennedy
o How Northern belles and Southern bankers saved the home of the first U.S. Army head
o Where Frederick Douglass worked after recruiting troops for the Union Army
o How the "Paul Revere of the South" saved three future Presidents
o The scoundrel who saved the Battle of Gettysburg
o Where Dolley Madison saved the National Archives
o President Jackson's astonishing strategy to defeat the world's best military
o How Lafayette got the last laugh on the despots of Europe
o The greatest of the early U.S. Navy heroes
o Where a killer stalked President Garfield
o President Nixon's surprise guest
o The War and Navy department buildings, from 1799 to 1940.
o FDR's money man
o America's greatest caregiver
o The mentor to President Eisenhower
o The assassination attempt on President Truman
o Teddy Roosevelt's acts of courage
And more!
Your guide is a former Presidential speechwriter, former Tonight Show writer, and author of The White House's Unruly Neighborhood:
https://www.amazon.com/White-Houses-Unruly-Neighborhood-Lafayette-ebook/dp/B082ZVDCD7
And the Lost History of the Capitol:
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-History-Capital-Tumultuous-Congress/dp/1493055909
We're on TripAdvisor, highest ratings:
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g28970-d12791843-Reviews-Lafayette_Square_Tour_of_Scandal_Assassination_Intrigue-Washington_DC_District_of.html
MEET: In the historic lobby of the Willard Hotel.
Join us on Inauguration Day in a journey into the nation's past presidencies.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
InterContinental the Willard Washington D.C., an IHG Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, United States
USD 28.52
