About this Event
Memorial Day History Tour of the National Mall & White House Neighborhood!
Examine 250 years of U.S. history in this unique walking tour, on Memorial Day, around the National Mall & White House.
MEET at John Paul Jones statue, near the World War Two memorial, at 17th St SW, Washington, DC 20004
Our packed itinerary will draw from:
o The locale where the most famous military anthem was written
o The World War One memorial park
o How the White House was secretly designed
o The Kennedy Center star who was a war hero at Yorktown
o The humble woman who faced down an enemy general
o The official who brokered America's first Civil War--of 1794
o Civil War spies
o Presidential humor
o Where Frederick Douglass worked after recruiting troops for the Union Army
o Sites of presidential assassination attempts
o How Lafayette was saved by an American President
o The Union sea captain who nearly lost the Civil War
o Where Dolley Madison saved the National Archives
o General Jackson's battles and duels
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 battle of Army generals vs. Army veterans
o The house of astronauts and scientists
o The greatest caregiver to America's soldiers.
o The White House racetrack
o Thrilling monuments to the military's most valiant units.
And more!
Your guide is a former Presidential speechwriter, former Tonight Show writer, and author of a Second World War spy novel:
https://www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalité-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel/dp/B0F5NPSKDS/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
And of The White House's Unruly Neighborhood:
https://www.amazon.com/White-Houses-Unruly-Neighborhood-Lafayette-ebook/dp/B082ZVDCD7
And a forthcoming book on Georgetown's history:
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/georgetown-on-the-potomac/
MEET at John Paul Jones statue, 17th St SW, Washington, DC 20004
Celebrate U.S. military history, and more, on Memorial Day, at some of America's most historic locales.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
John Paul Jones Memorial, 17th Street Southwest, Washington, United States
USD 29.05
