About this Event
July 4th Week, Tour of Georgetown's Secret Streets, Monday, July 6!
Once a thriving tobacco port, Georgetown was key to the founding of the nation’s capital, a place of bitter contention during the Civil War, long a site of political scandal and mysterious deaths, as well as a cockpit of Cold War, World War Two, and current espionage, even home to several of America’s most influential scientists and engineers, ntm some of the nation's finest architecture and bistros! We'll focus this time on the American Revolution and the founders of the American republic and of Georgetown itself.
MEET: Outside Mr. Smith's, 3205 Water St NW, Washington, DC 20007
What:
The action-packed itinerary will select from the following persons & events in the story of a town important to the founding of America:
• The crisis of Martha Washington's granddaughter
• The nation's craziest house
• The mansions of D.C.'s first "Governor".
• Homes of the Kennedys, Russian spies, and Captain Kirk
• The haunted gun barrel fence of the American Revolution
• George Washington’s bodyguard, and a presidential M**der
• James Bond in Georgetown
• Mysterious hideaways for runaway slaves
• Mysteries of the Old Stone House
• Washington's doctor and architect of the Capitol
• America’s most haunted house
• The tax rebel who sued Thomas Jefferson
• Mansions of the first merchants
• Snooty disputes in contemporary times
• The first Bureau of American Indian Relations
• The arms supplier of the American Revolution
• John Adams and John Quincy Adams
• The country's most historic house
• The tavern where L'Enfant designed D.C.
• George Washington's lost canal
• The tragic widow of an early Navy hero
• Mark Twain and Mrs. Lincoln
• The most important Supreme Court case
And more!!
Who: Your host is is a former presidential speechwriter, a former writer for “The Tonight Show, author of many books of history, including, The White House’s Unruly Neighborhood: Crime, Scandal and Intrigue in 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 spy thriller set in Georgetown:
https://www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalité-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel-ebook/dp/B0F4945MR5/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0
And a forthcoming book on the history of Georgetown.
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!!
Join us during Independence Week on a stroll through America's most historic, scenic village
Many restaurants nearby for dinner afterwards.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mr. Smith's of Georgetown, 3205 Water Street Northwest, Washington, United States
USD 30.12
