2 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
6 people
English
Learn all about the women who helped shape Washington DC’s’and the country’s’history and politics on this immersive walking tour. Meet your guide in the heart of the charming Georgetown neighborhood, and set off on foot. You’ll hear stories from the Cold War and Kennedy eras, will see the homes of former socialites and political wives, will spot key political landmarks, and much more.
This is the former house of Polly and Frank Wisner, who started the Sunday Night Supper Clubs that would serve as the stage for critical policy making in 1950s – 1970s.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The house of the ill-fated Mary Pinchot Meyer. Artist, bohemian, and mistress of JFK, she was brutally murdered on the C&O Canal and her killer remains a mystery to this day.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The former residence of Evangeline and Ambassador David Bruce. “Vangie” Bruce was the ultimate Ambassador’s wife, acting as the face of our Embassy’s in the most critical posts during the Cold War.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
THE watering hole of the era, Martin’s is where JFK proposed to Jackie, where Bob Woodward would go to find the latest story, and where Madeleine Albright still shows up to occasionally.
25 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The house where John and Jackie Kennedy lived while JFK was a senator.
• Admission Ticket Free
The former residence of Pamela and Averelll Harriman. Pamela was knows as the “Greatest Courtesan of the Century” and can also be credited with fundraising Bill Clinton all the way to the Presidency.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The house of Lorraine Cooper, who was the Grand Dame of Georgetown Society during the Col War Era.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free