A Summer treat: Try this period recipe and let us know how it comes out. Iced Rasperries About 4 and one half cups of raspberries (can use frozen) ¾ of a cup of lemonade 2 cups of sugar If the berries are frozen, thaw them, then puree (tough job, feel free to use a modern blender) and press through a sieve to get rid of the seeds. Combine with the lemonade. Mix the sugar with 4 cups of water and boil for a few minutes then cool this mixture. Mix the berries with the cooled sugar mixture and blend. Freeze for several hours in a shallow dish or container. Then enjoy! The next "Courage tour will take place on September 20th. This tour meets at 10th and E NW (Cosi) at 11:00 am. Tickets can be purchased right before the tour from Natalie. TICKETS page for details

Natalie is also currently telling stories about Washington DC Ghosts in Lafayette Square for private groups- send her mail at historicstrolls.com for more info

see The Ghost Story Tour of Washington video on youtube.com and listen to Natalie telling a ghost story on NPR's Halloween edition of Metro Connection (in their archival section).Natalie can also be seen on the Biography Channel on Haunted History (Washington DC edition) "

Have you taken a spectacular shot of the historic strolls bunch in action? Send it in and you could win a ticket to a 2008 show!

Natalie
mail@historicstrolls.com

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"...Even Zanin is in character, though she won't reveal who.  “I'm no Helen Mirren, but I'm funny,” she says.

The ghosts have a sense of humor too.  “One year we were talking about a ghost and the streetlight in front of her haunting spot started flashing on and off each time I said her name.  And then stopped after we left,” says Zanin.

"Another time, a man resembling Abraham Lincoln stood in the crowd and was spotted by two people before he disappeared. "

The Ghost Story Tour of Washington By Amy Frontuto
(From an interview conducted on dcathome.com.)

Have costume, will travel (well, in the Metro Area)

The First Efforts at bringing the past to life: In 1999, Natalie launched the program " What's Past is Prologue" at the Historical Society of Washington. The first appearance was at an event that featured the City Council of Washington and then Mayor, Anthony Williams. Upon meeting "Clara Barton", hizzoner quipped that she didn't look bad for someone that had been dead that long. Ms Barton returned serve by telling the Mayor that he didn't look bad himself! He roared and the evening was a success. Gale Munro played Clara and the award winning actor Fred Strother played Douglass. Since then We've sent Alexander Hamilton to Capitol Hill and we provided characters for the Air and Space Museum's 50 years in Space exhibit.  Natalie has been making appearances as Dolley Madison and if you have need of a historical figure, contact us, we may have what you're looking for here.

A Dickens comes to the tour!

Charles Dickens' great, great grandson, Gerald Dickens , visited the "A Dickens of a Tour" on December 10th! He bowed and greeted cast and director Natalie with congratulations and hearty praise for our actors and the tour. Chatting with him at Chapters books after the tour was a delight. He thanked Natalie for keeping the story of Dickens visit alive and for performing theatre on the streets of Washington. His stories about working as an actor in England would have done his ancestor proud. And lthough this is his final American tour, he hinted that he would come back some day. Perhaps we can put him in a tour...hmmmn?

Pictures from the 2005 Dickens Tour.

I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the Civil War walking tour...  It was like watching a play with the added benefit of being able to interact with the performers… It was not just entertaining, it was educational as well.  The acting was great--thoroughly enjoyable!
Thanks. S. Schultz

I greatly enjoyed your group's performance.  We had such a good time and simply could not help ourselves interacting. 
I was very impressed with the amount of educational information you were able to amass and present in an entirely entertaining venue… (The time) went by very quickly and left me wanting more. 
Regards, TR Brown

You and your tales of DC were a hit with myself and family.  "Thank you."  As we ventured through the city for several days after… my family would bring up factors they remembered from our tour with you.
M. HENNEN