Ghosts of DC Day: May 21, 2012

Violence on the Streets of Old Anacostia – A Letter From Washington in 1886

January 12, 2022May 21, 2012 by ghostsofdc

This post recounts a letter from Washington, D.C. in 1886 discussing the violence on the streets of Anacostia. Reports and perceptions of violence and criminality in Anacostia are over-rated and have a history.

They Were Neighbors: Officer Sprinkle Lived Here

November 27, 2021May 21, 2012 by ghostsofdc

1320 Florida Ave. NE - the Sprinkle family home

To satisfy your hunger for more Officer Sprinkle, I took a look into where he lived in 1900. At the time, he was 34 years old, had been married to his wife Teresa for 10 years and had been working for the Washington police force for the same amount of time. The Sprinkle family lived … Read more