Washington Walks

05/23/2026

In front of the former home of Walter Johnson, considered one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. Johnson lived in D.C.’s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood for much of his professional career with the Washington Senators.

Today’s Mt. Pleasant Walking Whiskey Tour celebrated the release of Big Train Bourbon from , a blend created in honor of Johnson!

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05/01/2026

The History Network at the DC History Conference is buzzing!

04/30/2026

We’ll be there!

Washington Walks is an Adopt a Session conference sponsor (Art as Activism, Friday at 10:30 AM).

We’ll also participate in the History Network, an expo that connects DC History Conference attendees with organizations and individuals doing humanities-based work in the D.C. region. Stop by and chat!

04/13/2026

Members of .irl concluded a walking tour with us of the U.S. Capitol campus at the dramatic Court of Neptune Fountain, one of myriad sculptures adorning the west side of the majestic .

Thanks for walking with us!

04/05/2026

01/25/2026

Join Paige Muller and Andrea Seiger, co-authors of 22 Walks in Washington That You Must Not Miss, for a conversation guaranteed to inspire ambulatory excurions that will reveal new aspects of D.C.

From Art Deco architecture to foodie enclaves to the beating hear of the city’s Latino community, Paige and Andrea will share where you can see places and things in D.C. you have never noticed—but thankfully they did!

WEBINAR
Where to Walk in 2026: D.C. Places You Must Not Miss
Thursday, January 27, 2026, 7:00 PM
Register by clicking the link in our profile.

Andrea Seiger

01/19/2026

“On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’

Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’

And Vanity comes along and asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’

But Conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’

And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right.”

— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a Feb. 6, 1968, speech in Washington, D.C.

IMAGE: Martin Luther King Jr. in the offices of the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., on March 31, 1968. Morton Broffman/Getty Images

01/13/2026

Join Washington Walks founder Carolyn Crouch for an in-depth conversation with DC Preservation League’s Rebecca Miller about the protections that have traditionally preserved federal buildings, the agencies responsible for upholding those protections, and what legal recourse is available to preservationists fighting to safeguard historic federal structures.

Proceeds from this program will be donated to the DC Preservation League.

REGISTER: https://www.washingtonwalks.com/virtual-experiences/can-the-presidential-wrecking-ball-be-stopped/

DC Preservation League

01/11/2026

12/16/2025

Seeking a D.C.-centric holiday gift for that special someone?

Thanks to Arcadia Publishing and Georgetown University Press, you can take your pick from three books published in 2025:

Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Tower of Strength in the Labor World by Danielle Phillips-Cunningham is a biography of the woman whose tireless work in Washington, D.C. established her "as one of the most important figures in the history of women's activism in the US."

Makers & Shakers: A Hidden History of Black Americans in Booze was written by Mt. Pleasant resident and Mt. Pleasant Whiskey Club co-founder Troy Hughes. (Learn how cognac became the unofficial drink of Black America.)

Genuis Unbroken: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Charles R. Drew is "the first comprehensive biography to bring the extraordinary life of Dr. Charles Drew, the 'Father of the Blood Bank,' into focus." Drew's daughter and lifetime Washingtonian, Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis, collaborated with author Craig A. Miller, MD.

Arcadia Publishing Georgetown University Press