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
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Halloween Ghosts and History Tour of Georgetown, Oct. 25, 3 pm!
Yarrow Mamout House, 3324 Dent Place, N.W., Washington, DC , DC, USHalloween Ghosts and Scary History Tour of Georgetown, D.C., Saturday, Oct. 25, 3 pm!
Historic, scenic Georgetown is today famous for its Halloween parties and parades. A thriving, antebellum tobacco port, it was a place of bitter contention during the Civil War, and long a site of political scandal and mysterious deaths, and a cockpit of Cold War, World War II & contemporary espionage.
An ideal locale for a Halloween horror tour of scandal, murder, misbehavior and intrigue--bracketed by some of the nation's finest architecture! And perhaps a pub or restaurant afterwards.
When: Saturday, Oct. 25!, 3 pm. 2 hours.
Where: MEET outside 3324 Dent Place, N.W., between 33rd and 34th Sts., N.W., Washington D.C.
Fee: Starts at $22.
Pre-register & Pre-pay through--
Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-ghosts-and-scary-history-tour-of-georgetown-dc-oct-25-tickets-1815497214039?aff=oddtdtcreator
Or Paypal, sending $22 to paypal.me/EMoser460Questions? Contact: 191.EP.JM.56@proton.me
The action-packed itinerary will select from the following persons & events:
• The most haunted house in America
• The moveable graveyard
• The Ghost inside the machine
• The Lincolns and the supernatural
• The woman spy who trick-or-treated Hitler, Mussolini--and J. Edgar Hoover
• Exorcisms and executions
• A famous journalist and witch
• A Founding Father’s brush with the Devil
• Mysterious hideaways along the Underground Railroad
• Trick or Treat: A slave turned banker
• The murdered lover of a beloved President
• The Exorcist Steps
• The secret lair where the C.I.A. was founded
• George Washington’s bodyguard, and a presidential murder
• Mark Twain nephew's scheme for eternal life
• Home of a lynched General, and Defense Secretary who mysteriously died
• House of a Miss America, and a First Lady
• Espionage shape shifters
And more!!Who: Your host is the author of many books of history, including The Lost History of the Capitol - The Hidden and Tumultuous Saga of Congress and the Capitol Building:
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-History-Capitol-Tumultuous-Congress-ebook/dp/B099JBSN9Q/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Ntm his a murder thriller set in historic Alexandria, Virginia, The Old Town Horror:
THE OLD TOWN HORROR: Murder and Theft in America’s Most Historic Locale - Kindle edition by Moser, Edward P.. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.Or his new Georgetown spy novel!:
https://www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalité-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel-ebook/dp/B0F4945MR5/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0He is a former presidential speechwriter and former writer for “The Tonight Show."
The tours are on TripAdvisor!:
https://www.meetup.com/Lafayette-Sq-Tours-of-Scandal-Assassination-Spies-Meetup/And Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/LafayetteSquareTourOfScandalAssassinationIntrigueThink history’s boring? Think again!! It's terrifying!
MEET outside 3324 Dent Place, between 33rd and 34th Sts., N.W.
5 attendees
Halloween History Tour, Lafayette Square & White House Neighborhood DC, Oct 30!!
Lafayette Square, 16th St NW, Washington, DC, USSecret Halloween Tour of Lafayette Square & the White House Neighborhood, Thursday eve, Oct. 30!!
Take a fun but scary trip back into the wild history of D.C.’s most famous and infamous 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-halloween-tour-of-lafayette-square-the-white-house-neighborhood-tickets-1791157403009?aff=oddtdtcreator
Or PayPal, sending $22 to:
paypal.me/EMoser460What: Perhaps because of its connections to great power and wealth, the White House, Treasury Building, and Lafayette Square have been witness to two centuries of astonishing, often bloody events. We will visit many actual sites of startling history, drawing from the following:
• The bodyguard who saved Lincoln's life, and the soldier who failed to do so
• The assassin who stalked a President, in President's Park
• The enslaved woman who triggered a civil rights revolution
• The cunning Mata Hari of the Civil War, who costs thousands of lives
• 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 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"
• The Civil War—of Alexander Hamilton!
• The Midnight Ride of—not who’d you’d expect
• The tragic First Lady who saved President's Park
• Duels to the death in the Old Republic
• The killer who cheated the hangman
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, blood-soaked thrillers set in Georgetown and 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=https://www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalité-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel-ebook/dp/B0F4945MR5/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0
We’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: 191.EP.JM.56@proton.me
Steel your nerves for a terrifying adventure!
3 attendees
A Halloween GHOST Tour of Old Town, Alexandria VA, Fri, October 31, 4 pm!
Windmill Hill Park, 501 S. Union Street, Alexandria , VA, USA Horrifying Halloween History GHOST Tour of Old Town, Alexandria Virginia, October 31!!
Ye Olde Town Alexandria--filled with scores of centuries-old houses and the scene of war, murders, and fatal accidents--is one of the most haunted places in America. And one of the most historic, being the hometown of George Washington.
On Halloween Night, take a horrifying stroll to visit the city’s many terrifying real-world sites of the supernatural!
When: October 31, 4 pm!
Where: Meet at Windmill Hill Park, 501 S Union St, Alexandria, VA 22314. Next to the haunted tunnel.Pre-Register and Pre-Pay at—
PayPal, sending $22 to: paypal.me/EMoser460
Or Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-halloween-ghost-tour-of-old-town-alexandria-va-fri-october-31-tickets-1656941920889?aff=oddtdtcreator
Or, pay $22 in cash at the start of the tour.Length: About 2 hours
Our most scary itinerary will select from:
• Ghosts from a doomed Navy voyage
• The headless sailor of King Street.
• The unsolved antebellum murder, and the murdered man’s actual mysterious ghost!
• Ghosts from a doomed Army voyage
• The bizarre plan to revive George Washington from the dead!
• Scary visits to locales of our published murder mystery!
• A shocking mortuary from olden days
• The smallest park in the nation.
• The smallest house in the nation.
• The unknown tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• The untimely death of the Mysterious Woman
• Apparitions along the Underground Railroad
• The loud ghost of the devilish Black Cat
• The mysteriously disappearing house
• The mysteriously disappearing spy
• The mysteriously disappearing presidential ballroom
• Confederate graves and Union surgeons
• A real-life pirate
• Trick or treat on a President
• The house of a notorious blackmailer & seductress
• The warriors who were skinned alive
• Washington's terrible final hours
• The warring ghosts of the War Between the States
• High spirits: Old Town's hard-drinking Irish of yore
• The tragic bride who was killed on her wedding day
And more!Your host is an ex-Tonight Show writer, & former White House speechwriter.
The Host's books on his tours!
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Lost_History_of_the_Capitol/MsM3EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcoverOur murder mystery set in Alexandria!:
THE OLD TOWN HORROR: Murder and Theft in America's Most Historic Locale by Edward P Moser, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)Our Top-Ranked TripAdvisor Reviews!
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g28970-d12791843-Reviews-Lafayette_Square_Tour_of_Scandal_Assassination_Intrigue-Washington_DC_District_of.htmlMeet at Windmill Hill Park, 501 S Union St, Alexandria. Next to the ghostly tunnel.
Join us on this horrifying history tour!!
Faint of heart & courage?: Avoid this event!!10 attendees
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