Washington began the Civil War as a dusty, desolate place with legalized slavery.  As the war ended and America mourned Lincoln’s assassination, it emerged as a national city. We’ll walk you through this transformation in this two-hour tour, starting at the U.S. Capitol and ending at The White House.

You’ll see many famous sites, including:

•Where Lincoln delivered his inaugural addresses with his killers in the audience.

•The theater and boarding house where Lincoln spent his last hours.

•The site of an office on the Underground Railroad.

•The hotel where northern and southern supporters came together.

You'll also see:

•The Pension Bureau/The National Building Museum

•The General Ulysses Grant Memorial

•The General William T. Sherman Memorial

•The site where Andrew Johnson was to be assassinated and later was sworn into office.

•Architecture from the Civil War period

•Blair House, where Robert E. Lee was offered command of the Union Army as the war began.

•Clara Barton's office

•Lafayette Park and the site of the attempted assassination of Lincoln's Secretary of State

•The White House