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UC TOURS Phone: (202)-526-3384 FAX: (202)-526-3319 Email: uctours@uctours.com |
| Stroll, Strut and Stride Adults: $10 Wear comfortable shoes Topics of our most sought-after walking tours include:
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Tread the hallowed grounds of fallen heroes. Salute the bravery and courage of those who gave their lives for the hope of freedom and democracy. Tour includes visits to the gravesites of President John F. Kennedy, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Audie Murphy, William Howard Taft, NAACP Secretary Medgar Evers, Tuskegee Airmen - Generals Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and Sr. and the changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Tour begins and ends at Arlington Cemetery Metro stop (Blue Line) PRESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD A stroll through this presidential neighborhood includes the stately Decatur House, home to a Naval hero and later, a notorious slave-holder. Across the street stand the Hay Adams Hotel, St. John's Church, Dolly Madison's home, Blair House, and the Old Executive Office Building. Photos can be taken of the White House exterior and tour will end at the White House Visitors Center on Pennsylvania Avenue. Tour begins at McPherson Square Metro
(Blue and Orange Line) FIRST PET TAILS Follow the pitter-patter of little paws through selected
D.C. parks as you hear tales of the adventures of "First Pets" who
have lived in the White House. Your own furry friend (on a leash,
please) is welcome to come along. Remember to "BYOB" (Bring Your
Own Baggie). Call for neighborhood tour locations. Come with your
pooch or unescorted! MR. DOUGLASS & MRS. BETHUNE Walk with us from Union Station, where your guide will discuss the symbols of that historic building and the Columbus Fountain. Proceed up to Capitol Hill and see Frederick Douglass' first home in Washington, DC. See the Sewall-Belmont House, where early suffragists rallied for the right of women to vote. Walk continues to historic Lincoln Park to visit the statue of Mary McLeod Bethune, the tireless educator who advised four American presidents. Also at this site is the Emancipation Monument, a statue dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, financed by the wages of former slaves. Tour begins at Union Station Metro
(Red Line) THE WAR MEMORIALS Washington, DC, the Federal City has built monuments to commemorate the major wars of the 20th century. Starting with the recently dedicated WWII Memorial, you will walk the National mall to see the WWI Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and the Vietnam War Memorial. Your guide will discuss the impact of those events and the symbols represented by the designers of these memorials. Tour begins and ends at Smithsonian Metro
on the Mall or UPTOWN ON U-STREET Stroll down the "Black Broadway" that flourished in the 1920's through the early 1960's. This is the neighborhood where Duke Ellington went to school and performed his first composition, 'Soda Fountain Rag'. Visit the African American Civil War Memorial that gives recognition to the US Colored Troops, Seamen and Black Confederate soldiers who fought in the Civil War. Grab a hot dog from Ben's Chili Bowl, the establishment where Bill Cosby once courted his future wife Camille. Tour begins at U Street-Cardozo Metro
(Green Line) BLACK GEORGETOWN RE-VISITED Climb the incline, over the C&O Canal on Wisconsin Avenue to 'Herring Hill' - named by the Black residents who lived in that western part of the city. See Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, a stop on the Underground Railroad. Learn about the prominent citizens, including the elder Yarrow Mamout, whose portrait was painted by artist Charles Willson Peale. Hear about Father Patrick Francis Healy, a Jesuit priest and first African American president of a predominantly white university – Georgetown. Tour begins at Georgetown Harbor (Any #30 bus) AVENUE OF LATIN LIBERATORS The revolutionary spirit had sparked the entire world in the late 18th century! The capital recognizes six Latin American liberators in sculpture on Virginia Avenue. Walk to each of them, and also see the Organization of American States on 17th Street. Begin by viewing the statue of Simon de Bolivar, called 'the George Washington of South America'. You will continue up the avenue and end the tour at the Kennedy Center near the statue of Benito Juarez, the Father of Modern Mexico. Tour begins at Farragut West Metro
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Mary McLeod Bethune
Arlington National Cemetery
Blair House
An Early Suffragists Rally
Close-up of the Vietnam Memorial Wall
Duke Ellington Performing
Yarrow Mamout
Statue of Benito Juarez |
