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SIDEWALKGUIDES TOUR OF CIVIL WAR WASHINGTON, D.C.
Washington DC, United States
Washington, D.C. during the Civil War
You’ll hear and learn about:
- The U.S. Capitol
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- A station on the Underground Railroad
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- Ulysses Grant Memorial
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- Ford's Theater
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- The National Building Museum
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- The Willard Hotel
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- Statue of William T. Sherman
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- Sites in the Lincoln assassination conspiracy
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- The White House
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- The Pension Bureau / The National Building Musuem
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- The General Ulysses Grant Memorial
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- The General William T. Sherman Memorial
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- The site where Andrew Johnson was to be assassinated and later was sworn into office.
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- Architecture from the Civil War period
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- Blair House, where Robert E. Lee was offered command of the Union Army as the war began.
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- Clara Barton's office
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- Lafayette Park and the site of the attempted assassination of Lincoln's Secretary of State
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- The White House
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- The House where the Lincoln assassination was hatched.
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Washington began the Civil War as a dusty, desolate place with legalized slavery. As the war ended and America mourned Lincoln’s assassination, it emerged as a national city. We’ll walk you through this amazing transformation in this two-hour tour, starting at the U.S. Capitol and ending at The White House.
You’ll see these famous sites and many more, including:
•Where Lincoln delivered his inaugural addresses with his killers in the audience.
•The theater and boarding house where Lincoln spent his last hours.
•The spot where General William T. Sherman reviewed his troops for the last time.
•The site of an office on the Underground Railroad.
