About this Event
Examine almost 250 years of U.S. history in this unique walking tour, on Memorial Day, around the environs of the home of America's Commanders-in-Chief.
Our packed itinerary will draw from:
o "I have not yet begun to fight!"
o The locale where the most famous military anthem was written
o The real-life Indiana Jones
o Where the sea battle of Midway was won--on the National Mall.
o The World War One memorial park
o The Commander-in-Chief who saved the most lives
o The Broadway star who was a war hero at Yorktown
o The humble woman who faced down an enemy general
o The wartime start of "Hooker's Alley"
o The official who brokered America's first Civil War--of 1794
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 Lafayette got the last laugh on the kings of Europe
o Where Dolley Madison saved what became the National Archives
o President Jackson's astonishing strategy to defeat the world's best military
o The greatest of the early U.S. Navy heroes
o The secret of George Washington's martinet
o How the "Paul Revere of the South" saved the American Revolution
o The scoundrel who saved the Battle of Gettysburg
o The "hero of three nations"
o The future President who cared for war-torn Europe
o The famed General who transformed defeated Japan.
o The War and Navy department buildings, from 1799 to 1940.
o The greatest caregiver to America's soldiers.
o Thrilling monuments to the Army's most valiant units.
And more!
Your guide is a former Presidential speechwriter, former Tonight Show writer, and author of history-laden thriller, The Old Town Horror:
THE OLD TOWN HORROR: M**der and Theft in America’s Most Historic Locale - Kindle edition by Moser, Edward P.. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
And 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
And the Two-Term Jinx:
https://www.amazon.com/Two-Term-Jinx-Presidents-Washington-Theodore-Roosevelt-ebook/dp/B01K0NT0CK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
MEET at the Commander John Paul Jones statue on 17th St. across from the WW2 memorial.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
John Paul Jones Memorial, 17th Street Southwest, Washington, United States
USD 24.00
