Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office
BRCWRT Walking Tour Marching Orders

 Saturday March 29, 2025

DATE:  Saturday, March 29, 2025.  RAIN or SHINE.
 
TOUR STOPS: Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office. Matthew Brady photography studio site. Alexander Gardner photography studio site. National Portrait Gallery.
 
  COST: $10.00 per person entry fee at Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office. 
 
TOUR GUIDE: Melissa Winn – Director of Marketing and Communications at National Museum of Civil War Medicine. President BRCWRT.
 
  MEET: 10:30 AM at National Portrait Gallery, F St entrance. (between 7th & 8th Streets NW).  (Inclement weather: Lobby inside F St entrance). 
 
  TRANSPORTATION:  DC Metro Red Line to Gallery Place. Transfer to Red Line at 
  Metro Center from Orange, Blue, Silver or Yellow lines. Commercial parking is available.
 
  DRESS:  Appropriate dress for local weather conditions, wear comfortable walking shoes. 
  Approximately ¾ mile city street walking.
 
  LUNCH: 1:00 PM Oyamel Cocina Mexicana (401 7th St NW). Individual tabs. (The site of
  Alexander Gardner’s photography studio).
 
 TOUR DURATION:  Approx. 4 Hrs. Optional National Portrait Gallery afterward, self 
 guided. Approximately ¾ mile city streets.
 
 
BRCWRT Contact: Sam Laudenslager  - kapel-meister1@hotmail.com, 703-338-3358 (cell), 703-978-8642 (messages).
 

Map of downtown walking area