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D.C. Sights for Tea Partiers
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Visiting the Nation’s Capital? Tea Partiers on vacation will enjoy:

On or near the National Mall

White House Tour (you need tickets way in advance, best obtained through your Congressional Representative).  In the area:
  • Lafayette Square: (statues of Lafayette & von Steuben)
  • Blair-Lee House
  • Dolley Madison House
  • Andrew Jackson Battle of New Orleans statue
  • Stephen Decatur House Museum
  • Treasury Building (statues of Alexander Hamilton & Albert Gallatin)
  • Renwick Gallery
 
Jefferson Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
(N.B. – the Washington Monument is closed until August 2019)
 
Korean / Vietnam / World War II Memorials
   - the WWII Memorial is a good place to sit and rest your tired puppies!
 
National Archives
   - Declaration of Independence
   - U.S. Constitution
   - Bill of Rights
 
American History Museum
Air & Space Museum
 
Visitors Center Tour of the Capitol Building

Supreme Court Tour

Holocaust Museum (don’t miss the survivor videos at the end)


In D.C. and Surroundings

Arlington National Cemetery & Tomb of the Unknowns
   - (don’t miss the JFK Gravesite)
 
Pentagon tours
  • 9/11 Memorial
 
Air Force Memorial
 
Navy Yard and U.S. Navy Museum
 
National Portrait Gallery (Hall of the Presidents) (near D.C.’s Chinatown [twin arches, good eats])
 
Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House)
 
Mount Vernon (George Washington’s home)

George Mason Home (Gunston Hall) (author of the Bill of Rights)
 
National Museum of the Marine Corps (36 miles south of D.C.)

National Colonial Farm
 
NRA National Firearms Museum
 
Museum of the Bible
 
Old Town Alexandria - much Revolutionary and Civil War lore here, plus great shops and restaurants with a colonial feel
  • Gadsby’s Tavern and Museum - Washington, Jefferson, Madison and other notables were here
  • Carlyle House Museum
 
 
Tours by PTP’s Very Own Ed Moser (book author)

Check Ed’s tour schedule here
Ed also offers private tours for a fee, e.g., GW's hometown of Alexandria, VA
Ed Moser was a speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush and writer for Jay Leno's The Tonight Show. Ed's latest work is an e-book, a political satire called, Foundering Fathers: What Jefferson, Franklin, and Abigail Adams Saw in Modern D.C.!


Just for Fun
National Zoo
International Spy Museum (a lot of fun for all ages, relocated to L’Enfant Plaza convenient to Metro)
Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum
  • “[My grandkids age 10 and 14] were enchanted with the butterfly area! Thanks for suggesting it!”  - South Carolina
  • a wondrous experience for all ages!
Other Smithsonian Museums and National Gallery of Art
Woodlawn Plantation


In the Region

Monticello (Thomas Jefferson’s home – Charlottesville, VA)
   - don’t miss the colonial lunch at Michie Tavern at the base of the hill

James Madison’s Montpelier (Orange County, VA)

Civil War Battlefields:
   - Manassas (outside D.C.)
   - Gettysburg (PA) (reenactments, don’t miss the cyclorama, and, as Ike knew, it’s a great golf town)
   - Antietam / Sharpsburg (MD)
   - Fredericksburg (VA)

Philadelphia – Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, National Constitution Center (watch the left-wing bias, though)
 
Harper’s Ferry (WV) – lots of history, see where abolitionist John Brown fought and was captured)
 
Williamsburg (living colonial village)
Yorktown
Jamestown
 
Lancaster County PA (Pennsylvania Dutch Country – fascinating, worth two whole days)


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