Before “Watergate” became synonymous with a group of buildings and a scandal, it was the name applied to something else. And it’s something that most of us are very familiar with, especially if you’re an avid runner who heads down to the Lincoln Memorial, on the Potomac side. There are a series of steps between the Lincoln Memorial and the ... Read More »
Daily Archives: July 11, 2012
Buy a 3-Bedroom Rambler in Beautiful East Vienna Woods
Here’s a great old advertisement that reminds me of Kevin Arnold and the Wonder Years. I found this in the Washington Post from 1957. Urban centers were in the middle of emptying out as people headed to the suburbs for a home with a white picket fence. Related articles From a GoDCer: A Family Connection to a Tragic Suicide (ghostsofdc.org) ... Read More »
Ghosts of DC The lost and untold history of Washington