Skip to content
Ghosts of DC

Ghosts of DC

  • The Best Of
  • Neighborhoods
    • Southwest DC
      • Waterfront
    • Maryland
      • Gaithersburg
      • Rockville
      • Bethesda
      • Hyattsville
      • Silver Spring
      • Bladensburg
    • Virginia
      • McLean
      • Falls Church
      • Alexandria
      • Vienna
      • Arlington
    • Southeast DC
      • Congress Heights
      • Navy Yard
      • Capitol Hill
      • Anacostia
    • Northeast DC
      • Trinidad
      • Woodridge
      • Deanwood
      • Brookland
    • Northwest DC
      • Tenleytown
      • Park View
      • Friendship Heights
      • Brightwood
      • Crestwood
      • Sheridan-Kalorama
      • The Palisades
      • Logan Circle
      • Petworth
      • Glover Park
      • Bloomingdale
      • Georgetown
      • Woodley Park
      • Dupont Circle
      • Columbia Heights
      • Cleveland Park
      • Adams Morgan
      • Mt. Pleasant
      • Chevy Chase
      • Cathedral Heights
      • Chinatown
    • Lost Neighborhoods
      • Hell’s Bottom
      • Swampoodle
      • Murder Bay
  • Notable People & Places
    • Places
      • Washington Monument
      • Library of Congress
      • The White House
      • The Capitol Building
      • Dulles Airport
    • People
      • Franklin D. Roosevelt
      • Calvin Coolidge
      • Officer Sprinkle
      • Dwight D. Eisenhower
      • Warren G. Harding
      • William McKinley
      • Abraham Lincoln
      • John F. Kennedy
      • Teddy Roosevelt
      • Woodrow Wilson

Day: June 18, 2013

Remembering the Redskins’ Glory Days: Hail to RGIII and the Washington Redskins!

June 18, 2013 by ghostsofdc
Redskins Superbowl parade in 1988

Take a nostalgic look back at the Redskins’ heyday and the hope for a brighter future with Robert Griffin III. Hail to the Washington Redskins!

Categories Faces & Places of Yesterday Tags 1980s, Washington Redskins 3 Comments

A Look Back at President Nixon at the Senators Opening Day Game in 1969

June 18, 2013 by ghostsofdc
Richard Nixon at the Washington Senators versus the New York Yankees baseball game on Opening Day. 4/6/69.

Take a look back at President Nixon at the Washington Senators versus the New York Yankees baseball game on Opening Day in 1969. See the fun color photograph and learn more about this moment in history.

Categories Faces & Places of Yesterday Tags 1960s, baseball, Richard Nixon, Washington Senators 3 Comments

Marveling at the Historic Photographs at the National Archives

June 18, 2013 by ghostsofdc
General view of the city from the south toward the Treasury Building and the White House. Cows are grazing near Tiber Creek.

Explore the amazing photographs from the National Archives, including a view of the Treasury Department and White House taken during the Civil War. Come marvel at history!

Categories Notable People & Places Tags 1860s, The White House 3 Comments

The Proposed Monument to Teddy Roosevelt That Never Was

March 20, 2022June 18, 2013 by ghostsofdc
proposed Roosevelt memorial

Learn about the proposed monument to Teddy Roosevelt that never was in Washington, D.C. We explore the design, the cost, and the reasons why it never came to fruition. See photos of the proposed monument and learn more about the island named in his honor.

Categories Notable People & Places Tags 1920s, Teddy Roosevelt 1 Comment
© 2026 Ghosts of DC • Built with GeneratePress