Het Capitool bij Nacht : Schandalen, Moord, Politiek Alleen volwassenen Tour

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Het Capitool bij Nacht : Schandalen, Moord, Politiek Alleen volwassenen Tour is een 1 u 30 min tour in kleine groep in Washington DC, VS, aangeboden door DC by Foot. Reizigers geven het een 5,0 uit 5 op basis van 30 beoordelingen op Viator en Tripadvisor. Prijzen vanaf € 44,57 per persoon, en gratis annuleren is mogelijk. Inbegrepen: Adult Only Tour, Professional Local Tour Guide & Gossip Peddler, Nightime views of US Capitol, Supreme Court, Library of Congress, National Mall and more....

Snelle feiten

Duur

1 u 30 min

Groep

Kleine groep, maximaal 15 reizigers

Talen

English

Ophalen

Verzamelen op het startpunt

Bevestiging

Directe bevestiging

Reizigers

1–15 per boeking

Leeftijden

Volwassene 14–90

Annuleren

Gratis annuleren (zie voorwaarden)

Opties & beschikbaarheid

• Capitol Hill at Night: Scandal

  vanaf € 44,57

  Dagen:

  Elke dag

  Starttijden:

  20:00

  Beschikbaarheid bekijken →

• Private Capitol Hill at Night

  vanaf € 135,54

  Private Walking Tour: Same great tour; just your group and your tour guide. Group size: Larger groups can contact us to book multiple guides.

  Dagen:

  Elke dag

  Starttijden:

  20:00

  Beschikbaarheid bekijken →

Tijden en prijzen komen uit de actuele planning van de aanbieder en worden bij het boeken bevestigd.

Overzicht

Programma

1. Stop 1 · 15 min

   After dark, Capitol Hill tells a very different story. On this adults-only evening walking tour, your guide takes you through the dramatic, outrageous, and often shocking history that unfolded in the shadow of Congress, from deadly duels and scandalous affairs to smuggling schemes and backdoor political deals. With the iconic dome glowing overhead and stops past the Supreme Court and Library of Congress, this is Washington at its most gloriously unfiltered.

2. Stop 2 · 10 min

   The Library of Congress has burned more than once, and Congress managed to make it worse each time. After the British destroyed the original collection in 1814, a chimney fire in 1851 took out another 35,000 of the 55,000 volumes before legislators finally agreed to build a separate, fireproof building in 1864. The stunning Jefferson Building you see tonight is the result of Congress finally, reluctantly, deciding that the nation's books were worth protecting.
   
   We do not enter any buildings on this tour.

3. Stop 3 · 10 min

   In 1884, Kentucky Congressman William Campbell Preston Breckinridge met seventeen-year-old Madeline Pollard on a train to Lexington and began a relationship that would last nearly a decade. When he married someone else instead of her after his wife died, Pollard sued him for breach of promise in a trial that became a national sensation, arguing not just for damages but for the principle that men and women should be held to the same standard when it came to matters of the heart. The jury agreed, she was awarded $15,000, and Breckinridge lost his seat in Congress shortly after.

4. Stop 4 · 10 min

   Before this block held two of America's most iconic institutions, it was the site of a Civil War prison that held some of the Confederacy's most notorious figures. Rose Greenhow, a widowed Washington socialite turned Confederate spymaster, was imprisoned here after running a spy network out of her 16th Street home and passing intelligence that helped the South win the first Battle of Bull Run. Also held here was Henry Wirz, the commander of the Andersonville prison camp, who was executed on these grounds in 1865 after being convicted of war crimes for the deaths of thousands of Union prisoners.

5. Stop 5 · 15 min

   The building at the center of it all has witnessed more than two centuries of drama within its own walls, and this tour barely scratches the surface. Tonight you will hear about senators beaten on the floor, vice presidents who died in the building's basement bathtubs, congressmen who collapsed mid-speech and mid-vote, a nationalist attack that sent thirty rounds raining down from the gallery onto the House floor, and the ghost of a black cat that generations of night watchmen swear still prowls the corridors before moments of national crisis.
   
   We do not enter any buildings on this tour.

6. Stop 6 · 10 min

   The man immortalized in bronze above you was shot not far from where you are standing, and the story of how he actually died is not quite what most people expect. Tonight you will hear about the assassin, the motive, and the medical decisions that may have done more damage than the bullet itself.

7. Stop 7 · 10 min

   The manicured grounds stretching out before you have been the setting for two of the tour's most unexpected stories, separated by nearly two centuries but equally difficult to believe actually happened. One involves a public execution that went spectacularly wrong before it even began, and the other involves a congressman's wife, a late-night session, and these very steps.

Ontmoetingspunt

Eindpunt

Beoordelingen van reizigers

Goed om te weten

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Annuleringsbeleid

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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