We put out a call the other day for some story suggestions and GoDCer from Chicago, Rose, sent along the idea of digging into Clara Barton’s former office and boarding house on 7th St. NW. This excellent video by C-SPAN tells the incredible story of the building and how it had been “lost” for over a century before a construction ... Read More »
The Salahis ain’t got nuthin’ on Doyle Allen Hicks of Waynesville, North Carolina. The former wanted to socialize with the president. The latter wanted to warn the president of a communist takeover. This is a colorful article from the Washington Post, published on September 27th, 1963. Washington, Sept. 26–White House policemen and Secret Service agents subdued a screaming man almost ... Read More »
Things were quite different about a century ago. People were a little more trusting, maybe naïve or innocent. I think this short piece in the Washington Post from January 9th, 1916 illustrates this perfectly. If this happened today, you can bet the response would be vastly different. A man who said he was a physician of Asheville, N. C., caused great ... Read More »
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