Event
Gallery Tour: "Cabinet Politics in the 1790s"
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Fee:
Free.Location:
Portrait Gallery in the Second Bank of the U.S., Chestnut Street, between 4th and 5th StreetsDates & 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.