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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
It is hard to imagine that today's peaceful, relaxing, safe Lafayette Park has been the site of violent quarrels, vicious attacks, murder, even suicide -- why is it such turbulent events in Washington history seem concentrated around these seven acres? During the day, it bustles with White House staff, visitors and office workers.
As evening descends, however, so does an almost tangible drape of stillness; it’s not hard to imagine the park’s inky expanse of yesteryear. Indeed, it is the most haunted site in the city. How the ghosts and spirits came into being is the subject of this eerie stroll.
You’ll hear the tales of: - A wayward, larger-than-life congressman from New York, his beautiful and very young wife, and the son of the man who wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner”
- The night of April 14, 1865 and how the grim reaper stalked more than Abraham Lincoln
- How the White House could be enshrouded by “the Presidential Circle of Death”
And that is just the beginning!
What Is Not Included?
Direct encounters with ghosts or pananormal beings are not part of this walking tour. The emphasis is on spooky history rather than on gruesome, gorey stories.
Meeting Location:
Downtown, near Vermont Ave & I ("Eye") Street (Washington, DC)
(Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)
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