Walking Tour of Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Times, Washington D.C.!

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Walking Tour of Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Times, Washington D.C., Friday, July 4, 11 am, George Mason Memorial!

Held along the scenic Tidal Basin, the National Mall & the White House’s Lafayette Square, on Independence Day, this tour will examine the accomplishments of, and many crises faced, by Jefferson—D.C.’s first two-term President--during the American Revolution, in Europe, and during eventful stay in the then-new Executive Mansion. And of his friends & rivals Alexander Hamilton, George Mason, James Madison, George Washington, & John Adams, and others, all of whom left a significant mark on the capital, and America, from the first July 4th and thereafter.

Friday, July 4, 11 am.

MEET at the GEORGE MASON memorial near the Jefferson Memorial.

Length: 2.5 hours.

Nearest metros: Smithsonian & Metro Center.

PRE-REGISTER and Pre-Pay at—

Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/independence-day-tour-of-thomas-jeffersons-wild-life-times-dc-july-4-tickets-618312057007

Or pay $22 in cash at the tour's start.

We’ll walk from the Mason & Jefferson Memorials to the White House & Lafayette Square. And discover:

• The mysterious Jefferson Pier

• The man who reconciled Hamilton and Jefferson

• A traitor’s attempted overthrow of Jefferson’s Lewis & Clark expedition

• The other Jefferson memorial--outside the White House

• George Mason’s battle against—the U.S. Constitution

• The Marquis de Lafayette’s amazing & perilous associations with multiple American Presidents

• Inventor of farm, kitchen, and spy apparatus

• The secret language of the Jefferson Memorial

• The undeclared naval war, and declared trade war, that nearly wrecked Jefferson’s second term

• Sally Hemings and Maria Cosway

• Disputes over the Jefferson Memorial

• Rollercoaster relationship with John Adams

• “The room where it happened”

• The “miracle mansion” of TJ’s militia chief

• The scoundrel who betrayed Jefferson, killed Hamilton, and tried setting up his own country—with the head of the U.S. Army!

• Architect-in-Chief: Did TJ secretly design the White House?

• When Jefferson was almost hanged

• How Mason & Jefferson ended the slave trade—from Minnesota to the Mediterranean!

• President Jefferson’s “First Lady”

• Did Jefferson plagiarize Mason?

• How TJ came to write the Declaration of Independence, and its hidden coda

• And more!

We’re highly rated on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g28970-d12791843-Reviews-Lafayette_Square_Tour_of_Scandal_Assassination_Intrigue-Washington_DC_District_of.html

Your tour guide is a former speechwriter to the President of the United States, a former writer for Jay Leno’s “The Tonight Show”, & author of the newly published spy nove, set in Georgetown, Femme Fatalité:

https://www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalité-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel-ebook/dp/B0F4945MR5

Also the hidden history of Lafayette Square—The White House’s Unruly Neighborhood!:

https://www.amazon.com/White-Houses-Unruly-Neighborhood-Lafayette-ebook/dp/B082ZVDCD7/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

And:

https://www.amazon.com/Patriots-America-Things-American-Should-ebook/dp/B076MR3XS3/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

And, The Lost History of the Capitol--

https://www.amazon.com/Lost-History-Capitol-Tumultuous-Congress-ebook/dp/B099JBSN9Q/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Questions?: [email protected]

Bring your walking shoes, and perhaps water and sunscreen.

The tour will end well before the Independence Day fireworks and bbqs.

Think history is boring? Not on our tours!

Event Host

Ed Moser