Saturday, May 25th, 2013

Daily Archives: August 14, 2012

Police in Battle With Rum Car

er a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington, ... a couple of bootleggers and their car come to grief at the hands of the Capitol police - January 21st, 1922

Prohibition was a rowdy time in D.C., much like the rest of the country. The police had to deal with bootleggers constantly in the city. This article from the Washington Times illustrates that in dramatic fashion. The piece was written in the Washington Times, published on October 14th, 1921 (by the way, the first radio broadcast of a World Series ... Read More »

Three Big Movies at the Uptown Theater

neon sign Uptown Theater in Cleveland Park (tawbaware.com)

It’s been a while since our last “Three Things…” post, so we queried the Twitterverse for GoDC suggestions on our next one. DrCapsFan, an old school GoDCer (i.e, a follower since week two) threw out a great suggestion to focus on Cleveland Park’s Uptown Theater, seconded by another frequent tweeter, stephaniekays (and big Nats fan). So that seals it … the ... Read More »

Scroll To Top