Ghosts of DC The lost and untold history of Washington

The story we dug up on Herbert Hoover’s rural camp the other week piqued our interest in learning more about it, and since it was within driving distance, we wanted to see it in person. Last weekend Ghosts of DC decided to take a field trip out to Shenandoah to visit Rapidan Camp, the site of President Hoover‘s getaway. This ... Read More »

Stories like this are great. We forget that the men and women we read about in history books and Wikipedia were also normal people just like us — okay, most of them accomplished great things that we likely won’t be able to. The following is a special piece we found in the New York Times from August 13th, 1929. America ... Read More »