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.

Pre-Register and PrePay via:
Paypal, sending $23 to: [paypal.me/EMoser460](http://paypal.me/EMoser460)
Or Eventbrite:
[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-civil-war-lincoln-tour-of-downtown-dc-tuesday-april-14-2026-tickets-1712425463659?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-civil-war-lincoln-tour-of-downtown-dc-tuesday-april-14-2026-tickets-1712425463659?aff=oddtdtcreator)
Or, pay in cash at the start of the tour.

Some of our action-packed itinerary!:
• The secret grotto for Civil War veterans
• The war’s unknown great photographer
• 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 kill 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 murder
• 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](https://www.amazon.com/Two-Term-Jinx-Presidents-Washington-Theodore-Roosevelt-ebook/dp/B01K0NT0CK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0)
His book on the Capitol Building’s wild history:
[https://www.amazon.com/Lost-History-Capital-Tumultuous-Congress/dp/1493055909](https://www.amazon.com/Lost-History-Capital-Tumultuous-Congress/dp/1493055909)
His crime thriller drawing on Civil War lore:
[https://www.amazon.com/OLD-TOWN-HORROR-Americas-Historic-ebook/dp/B0BX27RWYG](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](https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g28970-d12791843-Reviews-Lafayette_Square_Tour_of_Scandal_Assassination_Intrigue-Washington_DC_District_of.html)

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