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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
End of Summer Special: Memorials by Moonlight will be running as a FREE TOUR every night at 6:30pm thru Labor Day, September 6, 2010.
MEETING LOCATION: Meet the guide by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial's accessible entrance sign. To get there, follow the signs directing visitors to accessible entrance. Outside the doorway to that entrance is a little wayfinding sign pointing toward the restrooms, bookshop, exhibits, etc. That's also where the guide will be waiting for you.
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This is the classic Washington walk. We’ll start with the big picture, just south of the Washington Monument, where the view stretches unencumbered from the Thomas Jefferson’s Memorial to the White House.
Then we’ll head toward the evening sun. Along the way, our guides set the scene for the Federal City’s original plans to memorialize its national heroes and how they’ve evolved with time. As we approach each memorial, you’ll hear its particular story and then have time to look around yourself. By dark we’ll be strolling along the tree-lined Reflecting Pool, watching the lights come up in America’s capital city.
You’ll visit each of the city’s famous monuments & memorials:
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- World War II Memorial
There’s something for everyone--neoclassical architecture, modern sculpture, haunting reminders of war, historical insights, and even funny tales.
Meeting Location:
Tidal Basin area (Washington, DC)
(Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)
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