Washington DC Region Discovery Walks

Memorial Day History Tour of the White House Neighborhood, May 27!

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:

Secret History Tour of Lafayette Square & the White House Neighborhood!!

Take a fun trip back into the wild history of D.C.’s most famous sites!
Where: Meet at the General Jackson statue in the middle of Lafayette Square.

Pre-Register and Prepay via—
Eventbrite:
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What: Perhaps because of its proximity to great power and wealth, the White House, Treasury Building, 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:

• The hidden architecture of the White House
• The bodyguard who saved Lincoln's life, and the soldier who failed to do so
• The enslaved woman who triggered a civil rights revolution
• The cunning Mata Hari of the Civil War
• Treasury, State Department, and Defense Department spies
• The biggest sex scandal in American history
• White House ghost tales
• The tragic end of a noted female artist
• The greatest slave escape in American history
• The secret symbols within the Square
• The hero of two continents
• The hero of three nations
• Horse races and graveyards in the Square of old
• When an invading army arrived at the Executive Mansion
• The femme fatale who nearly broke up "Camelot"
• Where America’s most uplifting martial anthem was penned
• The Civil War—of Alexander Hamilton!
• The Midnight Ride of—not who’d you’d expect
• The First Lady who saved President's Park
• 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

275th Anniversary Tour of Fun, Historic Alexandria, Virginia, Monday, July 8, 5:30 pm!

During the month of the anniversary of Old Town Alexandria's founding, and on the Monday after the July 4th weekend, take a walk through Alexandria’s cultural & historic core. It drips with an astonishing dense array of famous persons and historical events. Especially those involving the American Revolution and George Revolution (in George Washington's hometown), and the Civil War. Accompanied by a historian, immerse yourself in these epic events, and in one of America’s most fascinating towns.