History Chat, Hidden Tales of the White House, Arlington Central Library, Aug 9

Details

Take a fun trip back into the wild history of D.C.’s most famous sites, with this free talk from an author-historian-tour guide.

Where: Arlington Central Library, 1015 N Quincy St, Arlington, VA 22201.
Quincy Meeting Room

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 discuss many actual sites of startling history, drawing from:
• The capital's newest monument
• The bodyguard who saved Lincoln's life, and the soldier who failed to do so
• The hidden architecture of the White House
• 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 Lafayette Square
• The hero of two continents
• 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
• The general who betrayed both Hamilton and Jefferson
And more!!