Lafayette Sq. Tours of Scandal, Assassination & Spies Meetup

ST. PATRICK’S DAY Tour of DC’s Noted Irish-Americans—March 17 2026!

Let's take a brisk walk around the White House area on the day when everyone is Irish, to learn about the many Irish-Americans key to the history of this historic neighborhood.

Meet in front of the Organization of America States (OAS) building, 17th St. and Constitution Ave., N.W., D.C.

Thrill over:
• The Irishman who finished the Washington Monument
• Irish immigrants, the C&O canal, and the K St. and Pennsylvania Avenue riots!
• The Irish architect who designed the White House
• Was Elvis Irish?
• The Irish Mayor’s “Miracle Mansion” that saved his sister from certain death!
• An Irish-American co-founder of the U.S. Navy
• The Irishwoman whose seductive charms brought down an entire Cabinet, in the biggest scandal in American history!
• The Irish-American soldier who led America’s most epic military expedition
• The humble Irish doorman who save the White House’s most precious documents from a rampaging army
• The Irish-American President whose romance with a foreign spy brought on the wrath of the FBI
• The Irish artisan who glorified African-American soldiers
• The Irish-American grand dame whose espionage defeated an entire U.S. army
• Presidents & politicos of Celtic descent
• The photographers of Irish descent who took 10,000 photos of the Civil War
• The Emerald Isle washerwoman who saved D.C.’s biggest bank from the depredations of British invaders
• The Anglo-Saxon Chief Executive who is an "honorary Irishman".
• The tragic killing of the Irishman who was America’s greatest war hero
• The Irish person who was D.C.’s greatest philanthropist.

The Civil War & Lincoln Tour of Downtown D.C.! Tuesday, April 14, 2026!!

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.

You must RSVP to attend.

MEET at the President Garfield statue, at the southwest corner of the Capitol Building, corner of First St. and Maryland Ave., S.W.
Several metro stops nearby. Free parking next to the reflecting pool on the northwest side of the Capitol Building.
When: Tuesday, April 14, 5:30 pm
Length: About 2 hours.
Fee: $23.

Special 250th Independence Day Tour! Thomas Jefferson’s Wild Life & Times, Washington D.C.

Friday, July 3, 2026, starting from the Willard Hotel!

Held in and around the White House’s Lafayette Square, on the 250th anniversary weekend of Independence Day, this tour will examine the accomplishments of, and many crises faced, by Jefferson—D.C.’s first two-term President--during the American Revolution, in Europe, and during his eventful stay in the then-new Executive Mansion. And of his colleagues & rivals Alexander Hamilton, George Mason, Benjamin Banneker, James Madison, Aaron Burr, George Washington, & John Adams, and others, all of whom left a significant mark on the capital, and America, from the first July 4th and thereafter.

Friday, July 3, 5:45 pm.
MEET in the lobby of the Willard Hotel
1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004
Length: 2 hours.
Nearest metros: Length: Farragut North or Farragut West
Lafayette Square next to the White House has dozens of sites related to the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson, Alexandria Hamilton, et al.

Discover:
• A traitor’s attempted overthrow of Jefferson’s Lewis & Clark expedition
• The man who reconciled Hamilton and Jefferson
• The other Jefferson memorial--outside the White House
• George Mason’s battle against—the U.S. Constitution
• The Marquis de Lafayette’s amazing & perilous associations with multiple American Presidents
• Inventor of farm, kitchen, and spy apparatus
• The secret language of the Jefferson Memorial
• The undeclared naval war, and declared trade war, that nearly wrecked Jefferson’s second term
• Sally Hemings and Maria Cosway
• Disputes over the Jefferson Memorial
• Rollercoaster relationship with John Adams
• “The room where it happened”
• The “miracle mansion” of TJ’s militia chief
• The scoundrel who betrayed Jefferson, killed Hamilton, and tried setting up his own country—with the head of the U.S. Army!
• Architect-in-Chief: Did TJ secretly design the White House?
• When Jefferson was almost hanged
• How Mason & Jefferson ended the slave trade—from Minnesota to the Mediterranean!
• President Jefferson’s “First Lady”
• Did Jefferson plagiarize Mason?
• How TJ came to write the Declaration of Independence, and its hidden coda
• And more!

USA 250--George Washington & American Revolution, Alexandria, VA, July 4 2026!

To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, take a walk through historic Alexandria’s core, to examine the epochal life of "The Founder of His Country."
Old Town Alexandria has an astonishing dense array of famous persons and noted events related to George Washington's life and times. Especially those involving the American Revolution, in what was George Washington's home away from home, just miles from Mt. Vernon.
Accompanied by a historian/author, immerse yourself in this special tour on a special day, taking place in one of America’s most fascinating towns.

MEET outside the Benjamin Delaney House, 223 South Saint Asaph Street (corner of Duke Street) , Alexandria, VA 22314
About 2 hours in length. Fireworks on the waterfront afterwards.