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"The Willard Hotel. Look at those columns. That Beaux-Arts facade. Two blocks from the White House. It's been here since eighteen eighteen. Every president from Franklin Pierce to Dwight Eisenhower either lived here, worked here, or got drunk here. And more than a few conspiracies started in the lobby. Let me tell you about the one that almost prevented the Civil War. February eighteen sixty-one."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Hear the full story at The Willard Hotel
This is just one of 9 stops on the Spies, Lies & Dead Drops tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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