A guide from the Civil War Trust talks to a tour group participating in the Trust's June 30, 2016 Grand Review of the Armies: Tour & Pub Crawl, commemorating the victory parade route taken by Union Army soldiers in May 1865. On August 24, 2016, the Trust will lead a pub crawl tracing the route British soldiers took as they sacked the capital city during the war of 1812. Photo courtesy of Meg Martin of the Civil War Trust.
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