Ghosts of DC The lost and untold history of Washington

Who doesn’t like the Beach Boys? This was a pretty big concert on the National Mall for the first July 4th celebration in the 80s. Did any of you attend this show? Related articles The Beach Boys Reunite At The Grammys, Sing “Good Vibrations” (mediaite.com) The Grateful Dead – The 1980 Tapes On The Internet Archive (dlr2008.wordpress.com) Read More »

Some of you may not be aware of this, but an Englishman, who had never set foot in America, provided the financial backing for the nation’s greatest museum: The Smithsonian Institution. James Smithson was a wealthy man from across the Atlantic and on June 27th, 1829, he died while visiting Genoa, Italy. He was a man of science, being a ... Read More »