Halloween Horror History Tour of Embassy Row, Oct. 28!!

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Embassy Row, Halloween History Tour, Wednesday, Oct. 28!! Founded as D.C.’s ritziest neighborhood, and long the sites of foreign embassies and espionage, Embassy Row and Dupont Circle are a center of architecture, statesmanship—and crime and intrigue. Perfect for a Halloween-themed event. Take a walk into the exciting past and alluring present of this world-renowned locale! MEET at the Dupont Circle fountain, 1 Dupont Circle NW Washington, DC 20036. Length: c. 2 hours. Pre-Register and Pre-Pay at— Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/embassy-row-halloween-history-tour-oct-28-tickets-2003115587645?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true (http://www.eventbrite.com/e/embassy-row-halloween-history-tour-oct-28-tickets-2003115587645?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true) Or send $27 via Paypal to: paypal.me/EMoser460 (http://paypal.me/EMoser460) Or pay $26 in cash at the start of the tour. Nearest metro stop: Dupont Circle. You might bring water and walking shoes. And a costume, for a prize giveaway for the best one. Some of our scary itinerary!: · The site of the worst terrorist attack in D.C. history · How American agents stole intel from an enemy embassy · Vanished, and preserved, mansions of the Gilded Age · The home of a Cursed diamond · The architect of Dupont Circle, and the Lincoln Memorial · The home of a doomed President · Dueling statues of a great imperialist and a great anti-imperialist · The moveable ghost of the moveable graveyard · Where the Attorney General, and a future President, were nearly bombed to death · The site of the murder of a ranking foreign diplomat · Cavalry duel--General Sheridan vs General Stuart · The traitorous spy of a valued ally · The secret espionage tunnel · George Washington’s private club · And Washington, D.C.’s even more exclusive club · Dupont Circle’s craziest house · The Confederacy’s retirement home · Statues of famed leaders from Turkey, Czech Republic, India…. · House of a witness to a presidential assassination · A Russian spy nest hiding in plain sight · Museum of a brewer who outwitted Prohibition · The most qualified man to be President--who was never elected · The suicide that spun off from a great tragedy · And more! Your guide is a former writer for the “Tonight Show”, and ex-White House speechwriter, and author of the new historical novel, based on actual World War II espionage in Embassy Row and Georgetown, Femme Fatalité: www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalit (http://www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalit)é-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel/dp/B0F5WCR39S Also a forthcoming history of Georgetown, the neighborhood adjacent to Embassy Row: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/georgetown-on-the-potomac/?srsltid=AU7gw4WgKf7XxuSzdm9EUVIsD38KkvfilIuDiMJbXjDdPkqfNQY5lHNQ (http://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/georgetown-on-the-potomac/?srsltid=AU7gw4WgKf7XxuSzdm9EUVIsD38KkvfilIuDiMJbXjDdPkqfNQY5lHNQ) MEET at the Dupont Circle fountain, 1 Dupont Circle NW Washington, DC 20036. The Dupont Circle metro is nearby. Think history is boring? Not on this tour! Join us on the tour of a neighborhood steeped in history, beautiful buildings, and murder & espionage!