Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the U.S. Capitol

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Meet your guide near the White House and begin with views of the Executive Mansion, Lafayette Square, and the U.S. Treasury Building. Continue along Pennsylvania Avenue past the historic Willard Hotel, Freedom Plaza, and the National Theatre while hearing stories of presidents, protests, political dealmaking, and public celebrations.

Walk past the Old Post Office clock tower, the U.S. Navy Memorial, and the National Archives, home of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights. Along the route, discover lesser-known stories involving African American life, local businesses, newspapers, theaters, and government institutions that once shaped the avenue.

As the U.S. Capitol comes into view, pass the National Gallery of Art, the Canadian Embassy, and surrounding federal buildings. Tour concludes near the Capitol grounds with a final discussion of the symbolic connection between the White House and Congress.

A grand plaza with 13 patriot statues, fountains, and a map of Washington, D.C.

The Old Post Office and Observation Tower now converted to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Ford’s Theatre, where Lincoln was shot, and Petersen House, where he died.

A granite plaza, fountains, ship masts, and the Lone Sailor statue honoring naval service.

Pass by the J. Edgar Hoover Building and see all the iterations of the U.S. flag beginning with original 13 colonies.

A grand Art Deco building, completed in 1935, housing the U.S. Department of Justice.

See America’s founding documents inside John Russell Pope’s grand Neoclassical “temple to history.”

See Pope’s grand Neoclassical West Building and Pei’s bold, triangular Modernist East Building. The collection comprises Masterpieces of European and American art, sculpture gardens, and striking classical architecture.

See the Canadian Embassy and the U. S. Department of Labor's Frances Perkins Building.

See Henry Shrady’s dramatic Grant Memorial, with cavalry and artillery groups, amid Olmsted’s landscaped Capitol Grounds.