Ghosts of DC The lost and untold history of Washington

Since we started way back (seems like way back) on January 4th, we have put up 336 blog posts about this city. For 143 consecutive days, seven days a week, without a single day off, we (I still use “we”) have averaged 2.3 daily posts. We’re pushing 1,000 Facebook likes and just passed 2,300 followers on Twitter. This has surpassed ... Read More »

This is a guest post by John (from The Lion of Anacostia), cross-posted here. Frederick Douglass was a self-made man about town during his years in Washington. He was  a frequent guest of the White House the through various Presidential administrations after the Civil War, he served as adviser to both black and progress white Senators and Congress men, he often attended and lectured at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal ... Read More »

Here’s a photo of George Chaconas in front of his market, located at 924 Louisiana Ave. NW. If you look near the top right of the photo, you’ll see what appears to be the tip of the Washington Monument. George was 33 years old at the time of this photograph and originally from Greece. In the 1920 U.S. Census, at ... Read More »