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The Gravestone Stories Tour Brochure

Every walking tour we offer — the Wilkes Street Cemetery Complex, Rebellious Scoundrels, From Enslavement to Justice, and the Lee-Fendall House — in one free tri-fold guide. Print it, save it to your phone, or share it with a fellow history lover.

Cover of the Gravestone Stories Tour Brochure - four walking tours of Alexandria's historic cemeteries
Tri-fold guide — print it or save it to your phone.

One Brochure, Four Walks Through History

The Gravestone Stories Tour Brochure provides a clear overview of what you’ll experience on Alexandria’s most acclaimed historic cemetery tours — all four walking tours with the stories that define them, from Washington’s rediscovered pallbearer to the Soviet spy with a government-paid gravestone, plus booking paths for each tour, private group and speaking program information, and the free guides and maps available on this site.

Printing tip. Best printed double-sided on letter paper and folded in thirds — or simply save the PDF to your phone and carry it into the cemeteries.

Click either preview to see it full size, or download the complete PDF above.

The Four Tours Inside

Each tour has its own booking path — the brochure covers all four, and here’s where each one leads:

I
The Wilkes Street Cemetery Complex TourOur flagship 90-minute walk through the complex’s 13 historic cemeteries — 35,000+ burials across 52 acres of hallowed ground. Public dates and tickets on Viator.Book on Viator →
II
Rebellious Scoundrels: The Patriots of Alexandria’s Presbyterian Meeting HouseWalk the 18th-century churchyard burial ground of the Old Presbyterian Meeting House in Old Town — its own historic burial ground, one mile east of the Wilkes Street Complex. Available only from Gravestone Stories.Details →
III
The Cemetery Stories of the Lee-Fendall HouseFrom one of Alexandria’s most storied homes to the graves of the families who filled it — tickets via the Lee-Fendall House Museum.Lee-Fendall House →
IV
From Enslavement to JusticeOur most powerful walk — twenty-one first-person narratives read aloud across eight historic cemeteries. Offered a few times each year and for private groups.Private Inquiry →

Four walks, 60–90 minutes each, rated 5.0 on TripAdvisor and Viator — and every guide on this site is 100% free to download.

Looking for the Walking-Tour Guides?

This brochure is the overview. For the tour-by-tour companion guides — including the self-guided walking map of the Wilkes Street Complex — visit the Free Guides hub: five free walking-tour brochures and a self-guided map, the same documented history behind our expert-led tours, free to print or save to your phone.

The Guides Show You Where.
The Tours Tell You Why.

Every guide grew out of the research behind our expert-led walking tours. For the full stories — and the discoveries that never fit on a tri-fold — join us in the cemeteries.

Page last updated: July 2026

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