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Explore Washington D.C.'s Tenleytown neighborhood in this self-guided walking tour. Tenleytown’s history dates to the late s, when John Tennally opened a tavern where two roads crossed near the District’s highest point. Follow this trail to visit traces of the village that grew around that intersection, and to experience the neighborhood that played a key role in two world wars and in the development of modern communications.