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Whitman 200: Walt Whitman in Washington

  • Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro 630 H Street Northwest Washington, DC, 20001 United States (map)

Led by Garrett Peck. who is an author, historian and tour guide in the nation’s capital. In addition to writing many other books, Peck is the author of Walt Whitman in Washington, D.C.: The Civil War and America’s Great Poet. 

This is part of the multi-venue, 12-day Walt Whitman 200 Festival, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of America’s most significant and enduring poets, who was a resident of Washington, DC for ten years during and after the Civil War.