Memorial Day History Tour of the White House & National Mall!
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Memorial Day History Tour of the White House Neighborhood, May 27!
Examine almost 250 years of U.S. history in this unique walking tour, on Memorial Day, around the environs of the home of America's Commanders-in-Chief.
Our packed itinerary will draw from:
o "I have not yet begun to fight!"
o The locale where the most famous military anthem was written
o The real-life Indiana Jones
o Where the sea battle of Midway was won--on the National Mall.
o The World War One memorial park
o The Commander-in-Chief who saved the most lives
o The Broadway star who was a war hero at Yorktown
o The humble woman who faced down an enemy general
o The wartime start of "Hooker's Alley"
o The official who brokered America's first Civil War--of 1794
o How Northern belles and Southern bankers saved the home of the first U.S. Army head
o Where Frederick Douglass worked after recruiting troops for the Union Army
o How Lafayette got the last laugh on the kings of Europe
o Where Dolley Madison saved what became the National Archives
o President Jackson's astonishing strategy to defeat the world's best military
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 The "hero of three nations"
o The future President who cared for war-torn Europe
o The famed General who transformed defeated Japan.
o The War and Navy department buildings, from 1799 to 1940.
o The greatest caregiver to America's soldiers.
o Thrilling monuments to the Army's most valiant units.
And more!
Your guide is a former Presidential speechwriter, former Tonight Show writer, and author of history-laden thriller, The Old Town Horror:
And of The White House's Unruly Neighborhood:
https://www.amazon.com/White-Houses-Unruly-Neighborhood-Lafayette-ebook/dp/B082ZVDCD7
And the Lost History of the Capitol:
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-History-Capital-Tumultuous-Congress/dp/1493055909
And the Two-Term Jinx:
https://www.amazon.com/Two-Term-Jinx-Presidents-Washington-Theodore-Roosevelt-ebook/dp/B01K0NT0CK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Preregister and Prepay via:
Airbnb:
https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/412812
Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/memorial-day-history-tour-of-the-white-house-neighborhood-may-27-tickets-840651530357?aff=oddtdtcreator
Or via PayPal send $22 to:
savvyveteran@gmail.com
MEET at the Commander John Paul Jones statue on 17th St. across from the WW2 memorial. Nearest Metro stop: Smithsonian.
Restaurants like the Hamilton and the Old Ebbitt Grill are near the end of the tour.
Celebrate U.S. military history, on Memorial Day, at some of America's most historic locales.
Memorial Day History Tour of the White House & National Mall!