PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: This tour now departs from the Holiday Inn Capitol at 550 C Street, S.W.

For some 50 months, Washington, D.C., was Mr. Lincoln’s home. Sites in the city intimately associated with the President and his family abound, and seeing them adds to our appreciation for the man.

Many of the sites, located near Lafayette Square and theWhite House, are brought to life on a morning walking tour lasting close to three hours. The next stop is at Ford’s Theater, followed by lunch in downtown Washington. After lunch, visit the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and see the pew where Lincoln regularly worshipped, and then on to the site of his inauguration. Travel to the Lincoln Cottage on the grounds of the Soldiers’ Home, where the Lincolns spent the hot months of July through October during three of the wartime years. At the battle at Fort Stevens (now part of Rock Creek Park), the President came under hostile fire and Mary Lincoln fainted at the sight of blood on his clothes after his narrow escape. The day ends with a stop at the African American Civil War Memorial. Historian Ed Bearss leads this full-day exploration.

8 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. by bus from the Holiday Inn Capitol at 550 C Street, S.W. (click here for details & map).