About this Event
A Civil War & Lincoln Tour of Downtown D.C.!!
Downtown D.C. from the Capitol Building to Ford’s Theater has dozens of locales relating to amazing events and personalities of the Civil War. This unique walking tour, held on the anniversary of Lincoln's tragic assassination, will touch on the startling events that occurred on these streets.
MEET outside U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, DC 20001
When: Monday, May 18, 2 pm
Length: About 2 hours.
Some of our action-packed itinerary!:
• The war’s unknown great photographer
• The secret grotto for Civil War veterans
• The statue of the hero of Gettysburg, who ran as a pro-South presidential candidate
• The man who killed John Wilkes Booth—or did he?
• The place which inspired an Oscar-winning movie, and where a plot to assassinate pre-war President James Buchanan was hatched!
• The Confederate soldier who revolutionized warfare
• The secret society of “free men of color”
• The North divided: Yankees vs. Irish
• Workplace of the most famous caregiver in American history, and the astonishing task Lincoln gave her
• The lodgings of the Booth conspirators
• The great inventor who botched antebellum politics
• The military nurse who was the country’s most eminent poet
• The place of the assassination of a President & former Union general
• The astonishing plot to K*ll Confederate President Jefferson Davis
• The hulking guard whose critical absence led to Mr. Lincoln’s demise
• The building where Walt Whitman and Clara Barton worked
• A reenactment of Lincoln’s M**der
• The Lincoln conspirators’ horrific fate
• A slain President’s final and noble request
Your guide is a former writer for the “Tonight Show”, and ex-White House speechwriter, and author of a book on the history of presidential politics, including several chapters on Civil War era presidents:
https://www.amazon.com/Two-Term-Jinx-Presidents-Washington-Theodore-Roosevelt-ebook/dp/B01K0NT0CK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0
And his book on the Capitol Building’s wild history:
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-History-Capital-Tumultuous-Congress/dp/1493055909
Also his crime thriller drawing on Civil War lore:
https://www.amazon.com/OLD-TOWN-HORROR-Americas-Historic-ebook/dp/B0BX27RWYG
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 is boring? Think again!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
United States Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Avenue Southwest, Washington, United States
USD 27.45
