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AI-colorized view of the new Hecht Co. store at Parkington, a green brick building with a glass facade and workers on scaffolding, with a line of late-1940s cars parked along North Glebe Road in October 1951When Hecht’s Opened Parkington, 60,000 Shoppers Showed Up8 min readTwelve-year-old Linda Bowman looks out her kitchen window near Fairfax Station at the farm field chosen for a Nike missile launching site in 1954.The Nike Missiles of Fairfax County9 min readTongsun Park, in glasses and a paisley tie, raises his right hand to be sworn in, with the Great Seal of the United States behind him.Koreagate’s Clubhouse: Tongsun Park’s George Town Club8 min readCaroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. in Halloween costumes with President Kennedy in the Oval Office, 1963Washington Used to Trick-or-Treat a Night Early8 min read
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In this morning’s emailEight officials and officers at three firing booths in the Treasury basement range.The Shooting Range Beneath the Treasury Building3 min readTWA Boeing 727-231 jet N94314 parked at Washington National Airport in 1989The 1970 Dulles Hijacking: $100 Million Over a $471.78 Tax Bill8 min readEpisodeLincoln Memorial in 1917Lincoln Memorial History: Construction, Designs, the Secret Basement, and the Swamp It Was Built On17 min read
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Washington Post map of new suburban subdivisions around Washington in 1961Washington’s New Suburbs in 1961: 57 Subdivisions on One Map16 min read
Willie McCover 1974 Topps Washington "Nat'l Lea"1974 Washington Padres: Topps Cards for the ‘Washington Stars’8 min readAI-generated illustration of a horned, goat-faced figure in a misty forestThe Maryland Goatman: The Real 1970s Story Behind the Legend5 min readEpisodeCapital BeltwayThe Capital Beltway: How It Was Built, How It Got Its Name, and Who the Original Beltway Bandits Really Were9 min readWhite House north view - 1901 (Library of Congress)Teddy Roosevelt’s 1902 White House Renovation: How the West Wing Began7 min read