We’re planning a veritable smorgasbord of fascinating, outdoor walking tours for Mother’s Day weekend, May 8-9. We hope to have something of interest for every member of the Capitol Hill community.
Themes are under development as we go to press, but we anticipate that they will include Hollywood on the Hill (filming locations and early movie projection sites), Activism & Resistance on the Hill (sites signifiant to civil rights for women, minorities and the LGBTQ+ community), and Our Industrial Past (industrial and commercial sites, many of which have been repurposed). The history of local parks will be presented to adults while their children play nearby. Guided photo scavenger hunts (similar to the one posted on our website last year) may be offered. And we hope to have a porch front “art gallery” where local artists can show their work. We’ll provide additional details as our plans progress.
The Tour Committee {Beth Purcell, Betsy Rutkowski, Carey Paquette, Elizabeth Nelson, Fynnette Eaton, Heather Schoell, Jackie Krieger, Joanna Kendig, Nancy Metzger) is off to a good start with the planning but the execution will require many more volunteers. To make the experience safe and enjoyable, we’ll be limiting the number of people on each of the tours, which means we will need to offer many different tours, and run each tour multiple times. This will require a lot of docents on tour weekend. We’ll also need volunteers to assist with advance publicity, preparing materials, and other tasks “to be determined.”
Plan now to join the fun of producing this “Tour of Tours”; send a note to HouseTourCHRS@gmail.com!