26. Historic Oak Hill Cemetery

Historic Oak Hill Cemetery

Tour description:

Take a walk through one of Washington, DC's most scenic and historic cemeteries that overlooks Rock Creek Park near Dumbarton Oaks and is known for its striking Renwick Chapel and the many notables buried here. Led by a native Washingtonian and longtime tour guide, the group will visit the graves of Philip and Katherine Graham, Benjamin Bradlee and others associated with The Washington Post; important Civil War Era figures such as Lincoln's Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, his personal secretary John Nicolay, Union General Jesse Reno and philanthropist W. W. Corcoran; and contemporary figures such as Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and architect Arthur Cotton Moore.

Tour Guide: Craig Howell; Native Washingtonian, veteran DC tour guide and expert on the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln

Ward: 2

TOUR INFORMATION:

Tour Starting Location:

Oak Hill Cemetery

3001 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007

Meet at the cemetery gate.

· Closest Metro or Bus Line: Metrobus stop @ 28th and Q Streets NW

· Tour Ending Location: 3001 R Street NW

· Tour Length: 2 hours

· Tour Distance: 1.5 miles

· Fitness Level: Rigorous level (power walking, hills)

· Audio Enhancer: No

· ASL: No

· Wheelchair Accessible: No

· Stroller Accessible: No

Host or Publisher Events DC