Civil War Washington Bus Tour; July 10, 2004

DC Cultural Tourism sponsored a Civil War Washington tour for $26 so I jumped on it. It met at the DC Visitor's Center located in the Ronald Reagan Building, which was dedicated by Bill Clinton, ironically enough. The tour focused on sights in north DC: Fort Stevens, the Old Soldiers Home, and the African-American Civil War Memorial. Fort Stevens is where the Union fought off a rebel attempt to take the capital. The Old Soldiers Home is where Lincoln went to beat the summer heat in DC. It was interesting stuff, at least for me and all right-thinking patriots.