Check out this photo from around 1930. What is up with the ridiculous striped uniforms? This is a shot of a lacrosse game being held at Central High School (now Cardozo). The game was between Oxford-Cambridge and St. John’s College of Annapolis on April 1st, 1930. The Washington Post wrote bout the British star athletes touring the east coast, making their ... Read More »
Daily Archives: July 25, 2012
From a GoDCer: Miller-Built Homes in Spring Valley
I received the following email the other day from a GoDCers up near AU Park and Spring Valley. Hello, I love your website. Thank you for researching DC history! I grew up in AU Park — my parents moved into their house the day President Kennedy was shot. The house 2 doors down from my parents’ house was recenly featured ... Read More »
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