LGBTQ+ History Walking Tour of West Dupont and P St

Schedule

Wed, 30 Jul, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 22 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Dupont Circle | Washington, DC

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Rainbow History’s tour of West Dupont and P St covering bars-long-gone, activist bookstores, P Street Beach, and Lesbian Avengers.
About this Event

Join for a History Walking Tour of West Dupont and P St!


Rainbow History Project's Senior Curator will lead a one hour walking tour of the west side of Dupont neighborhood and the P Street corridor.


Do you know about the Gay Liberation Front in the 1970s? Do you miss Badlands, Apex, or Mr. P's? Does your Lesbian History knowledge include the founding of the Lesbian Avengers? Or how they swallowed fire at the First Dyke March? Have you heard of cruising at the P Street Peach? Did you know where the Gay Pride Day was hosted in the 1980s?


Details:

  • Meet at Dupont Circle Fountain
  • Bring a water bottle
  • Ask good questions
  • Pay-what-you-can donations requested
  • Registration required


Upcoming Tours:

  • Wednesday, July 30th 7pm
  • Sunday, August 10th 10am
  • Friday, August 22nd 7pm

More tours will be posted soon!


From May 18th - July 6th, take a tour of our exhibit "Pickets, Protests, and Parades."


About :

The Rainbow History Project is an all volunteer 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington, DC that seeks to collect, preserve, and promote the history of the LGBTQ+ community in Washington, DC and the greater metropolitan area. Since its formation in 2000, Rainbow History Project has provided a range of services to the LGBTQ+ community and the general public. These services include the collection and preservation of oral history interviews, guided historical walking tours of LGBTQ+-significant neighborhoods, public educational panels on LGBTQ+ topics, and the archiving of documents and artifacts. Rainbow History Project’s collection, housed at the DC History Center, is the most accessed collection of the Center, ensuring the rich history of the LGBTQ+ community is available to all.

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Dupont Circle, Dupont Circle Fountain, Washington, United States

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