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Washington, DC: Lincoln Assassination Self-Guided Audio Tour

1. Washington, DC: Lincoln Assassination Self-Guided Audio Tour

Why did America's most popular actor kill the president? And how did he do it? Was John Wilkes Booth a madman exacting revenge for his beloved South or maybe more? Guide Rick Snider, who is a distant relative of Booth and co-conspirator Mary Surratt, takes you through that fateful night's journey. Stroll from the White House to Ford's Theater and many points in between examining many of the sites where assassin John Wilkes Booth stalked President Abraham Lincoln before killing him at the end of the Civil War.

Washington DC: Madams of DC Private Walking Tour

2. Washington DC: Madams of DC Private Walking Tour

Discover how Pennsylvania Avenue became the most notorious red light district of Washington, DC, on a walking tour. Know about the area from your guide while visiting iconic sights like the National Museum of the American Indian and many more. You will pass by the Willard Intercontinental with several stops along Pennsylvania Avenue, the main thoroughfare around which DC's red light district arose. Hear about the ramshackle boarding houses of Murder Bay to glamorous pleasure houses such as Mary Ann Hall's establishment that used to stand on the site of the current American Indian History Museum. Stroll through the streets and learn about the unprecedented rise in prostitution during and after the civil war. Finally, end your tour at the National Museum of the American Indian, the former site of the city's most notorious 19th-century brothel. 

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