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Seller: WashWalks
(Washington Walks)
Seller Description:
The best way to tour any historic city is by foot. Since 1999, Washington Walks guides have been escorting visitors and locals alike through quaint neighborhoods, along hip urban thoroughfares, and past D.C.’s instantly recognizable landmarks and memorials.
Whether you’re a first-time visitor or long-time resident, the same holds true: if you haven’t been on a Washington Walk, you haven’t been to Washington, D.C.!
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Activity Information:
Activity Description
I know not how it was -- but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.
- Edgar Allan Poe, describing the home of Roderick Usher
Imagine the observations Mr. Poe might have penned about the homes encountered on this walk and their various owners. Some, like the fictional house of Usher, have disappeared into the depths of history. (So sorry all you Poe fans, but this tour will not take you to Usher's home.) Others stand as reminders of the often harrowing events that transpired within.
We will see the homes of these famous Washingtonians whose homes have tales to tell:
- President Andrew Jackson
- Navy hero Stephen Decatur
- Man of letters Henry Adams and his wife Clover
We'll end this walk at the house considered the most haunted home in the city: The Octagon. As you hear the stories associated with each room, no doubt you'll agree, to quote Mr. Poe, that "evil things, in robes of sorrow, assailed the monarch's high estate."
Meeting Location:
Downtown, near 17th & I ("Eye") Streets (Washington, DC)
(Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)
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