What we’re about
We are a touring club in the Washington, DC area focused on walks in and around historical, cultural, and scenic locales. Especially the towns and neighborhoods of Capitol Hill, Alexandria, Lafayette Square, Georgetown, Annapolis, downtown Washington, et al. The excursions are led by a author-historian.
We add to the pleasure of a sociable outing the discovery of the cultural and historical aspects of the wayside along the routes, roads, and trails we tread. While benefiting from an invigorating hike or walk, time is taken for guests to share their knowledge of the architecture, human history, and natural history, of the area with the group.
Our current focus has been on the rich political and cultural history of the Capitol region.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- City Hall to 17th St--Tour of Lafayette Square & White House Neighborhood D.C.!The John Wilson Building, Washington, DC$22.00
City Hall to 17th St--Tour of Lafayette Square & White House Neighborhood D.C.!, Tuesday, May 14, 2 pm!!
Take a fun and fascinating tour of Washington's most historic neighborhood, centered on the White House park!
Where: Meet in front of the D.C. City Hall, northeast corner, John Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC
Pre-Register and Prepay via—
Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/city-hall-to-17th-st-tour-of-lafayette-square-white-house-neighborhood-tickets-892538044317?aff=oddtdtcreator
Airbnb:
https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/412812
Or PayPal, sending $22 to savvyveteran@gmail.com
https://www.paypal.com/us/homeIn this weekday tour, let's visit sites associated with the most astonishing evets in the capital city's past, in its most famous locale.
• Where the President and his fiancé escaped death
• The city's most controversial mayors
• The hotel that birthed a scandalous Washington practice
• When John Wilkes Booth encountered General Grant
• The cunning Mata Hari who caused the deaths of hundreds of U.S. soldiers
• The battle between the U.S. Army and U.S. Army veterans
• The sex scandal that wiped out an entire Cabinet
• Terrifying White House ghost tales
• The wily lass who gulled a brutal foreign enemy
• The greatest slave escape in American history
• The secret symbols within Lafayette Square’s architecture
• Graveyards and race tracks in the Square of old
• The civil rights lady who got the last laugh on her adversaries
• The spy who saved Mt. Vernon
• An invading army’s destruction of the Executive Mansion
• The femme fatale who nearly broke up Camelot
• Where MLK wrote the “I Have a Dream Speech”, and where America’s most uplifting martial anthem was penned
• The Midnight Ride of—not who’d you’d expect
• Duels to the death in the Old Republic
• The First Lady who saved President's Park
• A traitorous head of the U.S. Army
• Heroine of DC's first pandemic
And more!!Who: Your host is a former writer for Jay Leno’s “The Tonight Show”, 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-catcorrAnd his latest, a thriller set in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia--
https://www.amazon.com/OLD-TOWN-HORROR-Americas-Historic-ebook/dp/B0BX27RWYG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=And his book on the secret history of the Capitol Building and Congress!:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lost-history-of-the-capitol-edward-p-moser/1139708776Ntm his Lafayette Square book:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-white-houses-unruly-neighborhood-edward-p-moser/1131103788We’re on TripAdvisor!:
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g28970-d12791843-Reviews-Lafayette_Square_Tour_of_Scandal_Assassination_Intrigue-Washington_DC_District_of.htmlQuestions? Ask here, or at: savvyveteran@gmail.com
Think history’s boring? Think again!!
- Secret History Tour of Lafayette Square & White House Neighborhood DC!Lafayette Square, Washington, DC$22.00
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:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-history-tour-of-lafayette-square-the-white-house-neighborhood-tickets-851783075107?aff=oddtdtcreator
Airbnb:
https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/412812
Or PayPal, sending $22 to savvyveteran@gmail.com
https://www.paypal.com/us/homeWhat: 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-catcorrAnd his latest, a thriller set in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia--
https://www.amazon.com/OLD-TOWN-HORROR-Americas-Historic-ebook/dp/B0BX27RWYG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=And his book on the secret history of the Capitol Building and Congress!:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lost-history-of-the-capitol-edward-p-moser/1139708776We’re on TripAdvisor:
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g28970-d12791843-Reviews-Lafayette_Square_Tour_of_Scandal_Assassination_Intrigue-Washington_DC_District_of.htmlNearest metro stations: Farragut North and West
Restaurants nearby for afterwards at the Old Ebbitt Grill and the HamiltonQuestions? Ask here, or at: savvyveteran@gmail.com
Think history’s boring? Think again!!