A new cell phone tour of Washington, DC, Mobiletours.org, was launched in March 2007, to provide FREE information on Washington, DC’s major tourist attractions via cellular phone. The tour can also be freely downloaded off of the website for use in digital MP3 players.
The tours consist of two minute histories of the Washington, DC attraction followed by a story or audio file. At the Lincoln Memorial for example, users hear an interview from 1938 of an old man recalling what it was like, as a 9-year-old school boy, to watch Abraham Lincoln deliver his Gettysburg Address. At the Washington Monument the narrator reads an article from 1908 in which a Washington Senator baseball player catches a ball dropped from the top window to win a $500 bet.
Phone Numbers and Extensions
To access the tours, call (800) 217-7740 and choose the extension that corresponds to a famous building or memorial.Lincoln Memorial – 1
Vietnam Memorial – 2
Korean Memorial - 3
Washington Monument – 4
WWII Memorial - 5
Jefferson Memorial - 6
FDR Memorial - 7
White House - 8
U.S. Capitol - 9
Ford's Theater - 10
Arlington Cemetery - 11
Voice of America - 12
