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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
Take a walk along Washington's “Black Broadway,” where Duke Ellington grew up and was inspired, where musical greats such as Cab Calloway and Dizzy Gillespie played local clubs into the wee hours of the morning, and where movie palaces mingled with pool halls, restaurants and barber shops.
Here in the shadow of Howard University, African Americans created a strong community that produced leaders for the city and the nation. You’ll see: - The Thurgood Marshall Center, a grand historic building that once housed the first full-service African American YMCA
- The African American Civil War Memorial, the only national monument to Black Civil War soldiers
- The Whitelaw Hotel, now an apartment building, but formerly one of a handful of D.C. that welcomed black patrons
This walking tour is jointly sponsored by Washington Walks and Cultural Tourism DC.
Meeting Location:
Near 13th & U Streets, NW (Washington, DC)
(Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)
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