It's been a while since we posted an email from a GoDCer. So, here's a good one we received this morning from newly recruited GoDCer Greg. Read on to find out the story behind Julius Garfinkel & Co. and the connection to J. Edgar Hoover!
Meet Albert Freeman Africanus King, the Washington doctor who proposed a giant mosquito net around the city and attended to President Abraham Lincoln at his death bed. Learn more about this fascinating figure!
Do you remember that store and commercial from the past? Check out this nostalgic video and listen to the sweet psychedelic lights in the stereo! #nostalgia #commercials #sweetlights
Take a look back in time at this eery photograph from Washington D.C in 1919. Learn more about the photograph and explore the history of this moment in time.
Take a look at an old real estate advertisement from Washington Heights in 1904 and learn about the creation of FIFA one week earlier. Today, Washington Heights is known as Adams Morgan.
Discover three fascinating stories from the history of Dorchester House in Kalorama, from a robbery at gunpoint to a house fire that killed an elderly woman to a ban on dogs in the building.
GoDCer Ben sent along a great photo of the Washington Post baseball scoreboard from 1912, the same year the Titanic sank. It's remarkable how this low-tech scoreboard resembles our current day ESPN Gameday and MLB.tv.
Recovering from the emotional trauma of Friday night when the Washington Nationals choked against the Cardinals. It's a personal Buckner and Bartman moment. Read this post to get insight on how to move on from this heartbreaking loss. #NATITUDE
In 1934, Minnesota Representative Francis Shoemaker was arrested for assaulting a taxi driver in Washington, DC. Read the full story here to learn more about this incident from the Baltimore Sun.