The owner of this family-operated business is a native Alexandrian and a ninth generation Virginian who has spent untold hours of research on the historic hometown of George Washington and Robert E. Lee. With a combined total of over 100 years experience in Alexandria, we offer the following tours departing the Ramsay House Visitor Center, 221 King Street. Please telephone 703-683-3451 for reservations, cost or additional information

SPECIAL EVENTS:

In cooperation with the Carlyle House Historic Park, the following tours will be offered as part of the Halloween History/Ghost Tour:  (Half of the proceeds benefit Carlyle House Historic Park.) These tours depart at the corner of King & N. Fairfax Streets (by the stairs adjacent to the DASH bus stop).

Saturday, October 20, 2007, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (tours offered every half-hour), 18th-Century Medicine and the Treatment of Illness.  Meet Colonel Carlyle's physician and learn how 18th-Century doctors attempted to stave off the "Reaper of Souls."   Cost:  $8.00 for adults  $5.00 Ages 7-12.

Saturday, October 27, 2007, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (tours offered every twenty minutes with the last tour at 8:40 PM), Re-Enactment of Colonel John Carlyle's Funeral.   View Colonel John Carlyle's coffin from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Carlyle House.  Colonel Carlyle's funeral procession and interment at the Old Presbyterian Meeting House Cemetery begins at 9:00 PM.  Cost:  $10.00 all ages.  Tickets may be purchased at the Carlyle House or by telephoning Alexandria's Footsteps To The Past, 703-683-3451. 

Saturday, November 3. 2007, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (tours offered every half-hour), Colonel Carlyle's Last Will and Testament.  Meet the executors of Colonel Carlyle's Will and learn how his estate was divided up after his death.  Cost $8.00 for adults  $5.00 Ages 7-12.

Please telephone 703-683-3451, Alexandria's Footsteps To The Past, for additional information.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.

ROUND-TRIP SIGHTSEEING VAN SERVICE TO MOUNT VERNON ESTATE, WOODLAWN PLANTATION/POPE-LEIGHY HOUSE AND GUNSTON HALL PLANTATION:

Round-trip Sightseeing Van Service is offered for groups of four or more BY ADVANCE RESERVATION Wednesday through Monday (except Federal and State Holidays) to the site of your choice.

Wed-Mon: Departs King & N. Fairfax Sts. at 9:15 AM and the Lyceum at Prince & S. Washington Sts. at 9:30 AM. Arrives back in Alexandria at approximately 1:30 PM.

(Woodlawn Plantation/Pope-Leighy House is closed Dec.-Feb.)

Did you know...that Alexandria was the most important Scottish city of the 1750s...that the world's first global war started in a Scottish Alexandrian's dining room...that the Scots' church is still NOT called a church after oer 200 years...that the city was laid out by a 17 year-old apprentice surveyor named George Washington and that he was already a war hero 15 years before the Revolutionary War...that Fairfax Street once "ran with blood like the rains of a summer thunderstorn"...that America's narrowest house is in Alexandria...that ocean tides can flood the city even though the Atlantic is 200 miles away...that Alexandria was a military-occupied city longer than any other in America. 

A fascinating and entertaining 90-minute tour walking by many of Old Town's significant landmarks, as well as little known sites. Learn about the early history of Alexandria and walk where George Washington and other Virginia patriots walked. (This tour is ideal for private groups and can be arranged by appointment.)

Mon-Sat: 11:30 AM & 1:30 PM and Sun: 10:30 AM (Tour is offered by APPOINTMENT ONLY during the months of January and February.)

This tour is not being offered at this time.

HISTORY/GHOST WALK AND TALK:

In the city where many of George Washington's friends sleep...and sometimes stir...there are documented stories of strange occurrences...at sites where profound tragedies occurred...real history that will haunt you!!!

Spend an hour with an experienced lantern-carrying guide who will tell you about the early history and ghost sites of the town.  An original, entertaining light-hearted walk that even the skeptic will enjoy.  THIS TOUR IS OFFERED FROM MARCH THROUGH NOVEMBER. (This one hour tour is ideal for private groups, i.e. Family Reunions, Weddings, Birthday/Slumber Parties, School/Scout/Youth Groups and Office/Convention Groups by appointment.)

MARCH-NOVEMBER: Sun-Thurs: 7:00 PM; Fri-Sat: 7:00 & 8:30 PM

IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER, TOURS MAY BE CANCELLED. PLEASE TELEPHONE 703-683-3451 FOR CANCELLATION INFORMATION.

The following tours are offered BY APPOINTMENT ONLY and depart Market Square at the corner of King Street and N. Fairfax Street:

A two-hour walk with a guide who is a descendant of Confederate soldiers from the 14th & 28th Virginia Infantry and who has extensive knowledge of the location of the many camps in and around Alexandria, as well as throughout Virginia. Learn about events leading to the Union occupation of Alexandria and life in the city during the Civil War.

A 45-minute walk for those with limited time or who have difficulty walking the History Tour route.

Please call for special rates.

Guides available for a one-hour motorcoach tour of historic Old Town Alexandria. Please call for special rates.

Alexandria's Footsteps To The Past tours are brought to you by a staff of unparalleled researchers, historians, and story tellers...guides whose knowledge, infectious enthusiasn, and dedicated expertise will both entertain and educate you.  Researchers with the company can also bring you a variety of specialty tours in addition to those listed above:  African-American History, Scottish Heritage, Architecture, and more.

We offer group rates for all of our tours.

For more information about Alexandria, VA, please visit www.TheFunSideofthePotomac.com and www.missbetty.org.