Event

Gallery Tour: "Cabinet Politics in the 1790s"

Independence National Historical Park

Fee:

Free.

Location:

Portrait Gallery in the Second Bank of the U.S., Chestnut Street, between 4th and 5th Streets

Dates & Times

Date:

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Time:

3:00 PM

Duration:

30 minutes

Type of Event

Guided Tour

Description

From the fierce debates between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton to Edmund Randolph’s resigning in disgrace to John Adams’ band of busy bodies, cabinet politics in the 1790s was not for the faint of heart. Join a park ranger to learn about some of the most treacherous backstabbing individuals to ever inhabit America's halls of power.

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