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Military and Terrorism Tour of the White House Neighborhood!

With war erupting in the Middle East, and with spring weather arriving, now is an appropriate time to examine 250 years of U.S. military history. In this unique walking tour, around the environs of the home of America's Commanders-in-Chief.

Our packed itinerary will draw from:
o The terrorist attack on D.C. City Hall
o The World War One memorial park
o The locale where the most famous military anthem was written
o The terror of Atlanta
o The Broadway star who was a Revolutionary War hero
o The humble woman who faced down an enemy general
o The wartime start of "the Red Light District"
o The official who brokered America's first Civil War--of 1794
o Civil War spies
o Where Frederick Douglass worked after recruiting troops for the Union Army
o The humanitarian of World War I
o How Lafayette was saved by an American President
o The Union sea captain who nearly lost the Civil War
o Where Dolley Madison saved the National Archives
o General Jackson's battles and duels
o Secret tunnels and graveyards
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 Sites of presidential assassination attempts
o How Civil War foes saved Mt. Vernon
o The battle of Army generals vs. Army veterans
o The greatest caregiver to America's soldiers.
o The Indiana Jones of 1917
o The White House racetrack
o Thrilling monuments to the military's most valiant units.
And more!

Preregister and Prepay via:
Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/military-terrorism-history-tour-of-the-white-house-neighborhood-tickets-1984489734216?aff=oddtdtcreator
Or PayPal, sending $22 to paypal.me/EMoser460
Or pay $22 in cash at the tour's start.

Your guide is a former Presidential speechwriter, former Tonight Show writer, and author of a Second World War spy novel:
https://www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalité-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel/dp/B0F5NPSKDS/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

And of The White House's Unruly Neighborhood:
https://www.amazon.com/White-Houses-Unruly-Neighborhood-Lafayette-ebook/dp/B082ZVDCD7

MEET outside City Hall, the John Wilson Building, southeast corner, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., D.C., 20004

Explore U.S. military history, at some of America's most historic locales.

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