The Library of Congress will be our final stop where we will have the rare privilege of seeing some of our Lincoln treasures which are kept locked in the vault and are brought out only on special occasions. We will return to Surratt House at approximately 5 p.m. There is very little walking involved in this tour. Washington D.C. This tour was offered as a feature of our April symposium and was so popular that we were not able to accommodate everyone who wanted to go, so we decided to offer it again. The tour will fill up quickly so let us hear from you soon.
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This was home to the Shriver family from 1797 to the 1960s. It is filled with a wide range of family items dating from their period of ownership. There is a small front balcony, called the Jefferson balcony, from which Roger Brooke Taney and Francis Scott Key gave speeches. For a time this home served as the Stagecoach Inn and two notable guests were Washington Irving and John James Audobon. During the Civil War, Andrew Shriver, early owner of the homestead, was a loyal Union man, while his brother, just across the road, was a staunch Confederate.