A fun trip back into the wild history of D.C.’s most famous sites relating to the presidency, on Inauguration weekend, to Lafayette Square!About this Event
Inauguration Weekend, Presidential History Tour of Lafayette Square & the White House Neighborhood, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025!
Take a fun trip back into the wild history of D.C.’s most famous sites relating to the presidency, on Inauguration weekend!
Where: Meet at the John Wilson Building, DC City Hall,
When: 1 pm. About 2 hours in length.
What: The White House, Treasury Building, DC City Hall, and Lafayette Square have been witness to two centuries of astonishing events. We will visit many actual sites of startling history, drawing from the following, with a focus on the Presidents:
• The hidden architecture of the White House
• The secret of the Washington Monument
• The bodyguard who saved Lincoln's life, and the soldier who failed to do so
• Teddy Roosevelt's escape from death
• The enslaved woman who triggered a civil rights revolution
• The men who tried to K*ll Harry Truman
• Treasury, State Department, and Defense Department spies
• The soldier who saved Jefferson's life
• The cunning Mata Hari of the Civil War
• Andrew Jackson's craziest duel
• The biggest sex scandal in American history
• White House ghost tales
• Where an assassin stalked President Garfield
• The tragic end of the wife of John Adams's great-grandson
• Mrs. Lincoln's bizarre hobby
• The secret symbols within the Square
• The hero of two continents and the friend of Founding Fathers
• The hero of three nations
• Horse races and graveyards in the Square of old
• When Dolley Madison shamed the cavalry
• When an invading army arrived at the Executive Mansion
• The femme fatale who nearly broke up Kennedy's "Camelot"
• Where America’s most uplifting martial anthem was penned
• The Civil War—of Alexander Hamilton!
• The First Lady who saved President's Park
• The Confederate banker who saved Mt. Vernon
• The geek who stole the President's top-secret messages
• Duels to the death in the Old Republic
And more!!
Who: Your host is a former writer for Jay Leno’s “The Tonight Show”, the author of the book America from A to Z, a former presidential speechwriter, and writer of a book on 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
And his latest, a thriller set in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia--
https://www.amazon.com/OLD-TOWN-HORROR-Americas-Historic-ebook/dp/B0BX27RWYG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
And his book on the secret history of the Capitol Building and Congress!:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lost-history-of-the-capitol-edward-p-moser/1139708776
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
Nearest metro stations: Farragut North and West
Restaurants nearby for afterwards at the Old Ebbitt Grill and the Hamilton
Questions? Ask away!
Think history’s boring? Think again!!
Event Venue
The John Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, United States
USD 28.52
