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 (1)
See all- Inaugural Tour of America’s Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, May 19!!General Sherman statue, Washington, DC , DC
Inaugural Tour of America’s Street, Pennsylvania Avenue!
From the Treasury to the Capitol!!Monday, May 19, 5:45 pm!
Take a fun, exciting walk, in the capital’s lovely springtime, into the intriguing history of the nation’s most famous street, Pennsylvania Avenue!
Where: Meet at the General Sherman statue, Alexander Hamilton Pl NW, Washington, DC 20005
When: 5:45 pm. About 2 hours in length.
Pre-Register and Prepay via—
Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inaugural-tour-of-americas-street-pennsylvania-avenue-tickets-1363788230309?aff=oddtdtcreator
Or pay $22 in cash at the start of the tour.What: Pennsylvania Avenue, “America’s Boulevard,” has witnessed 235 years of amazing events and personalities.
We will visit the actual sites of startling history, drawing from the following:
• The craft behind the city’s newest memorial
• Where police and veteran soldiers fatally clashed
• The political deal that birthed the Gallery of Art
• The curse of the post office
• Statues of two controversial mayors
• Crime in the Chinatown of old
• D.C.’s first protest marches
• Where Helen Keller was almost killed
• The studio of America’s greatest photographer
• When General Grant’s family looked an assassin in the face
• The extremist group’s huge rally
• Locale where congressmen were poisoned to death
• The secret underneath the Smithsonian
• Attempted murder of a Vice-President
• The strangest attempt at Prohibition
• Where Lincoln’s assassin met his lady friend
• Tales of the old Red Light District
• The recently reopened General Sherman memorial
• The shuttered Newseum’s hidden past
• The courtroom of Nazi saboteurs
• The lodging of famous authors
• Site of Washington City’s first riot
• The railroad that mysteriously vanished
• Where a President was assassinated
• The ghost in a famous sculpture
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 new book on World War II espionage in Georgetown:
https://www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalité-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel-ebook/dp/B0F4945MR5/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0
Also a 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-catcorr
And his book on the secret history of the Capitol Building and Congress!:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lost-history-of-the-capitol-edward-p-moser/1139708776We’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
Questions? Ask away!: 191.ep.jm.56@proton.me
Think history’s boring? Think again!!
