Performance on Watergate Steps

Check out this great find. It’s a rendering of a proposed design for the Kennedy Center, then called the National Cultural Center. It’s actually not

There are always two sides to an issue and below is proof that a large number of Washingtonians wanted to keep the dangerous railroad station

The title of this article caught my eye: “Josh Gibson Held in D.C. for Mental Observation.” If you’re a baseball fan, you know that Josh

Here’s a cool ad for Hollin Hall, the plantation on Little Hunting Creek (read about it here). Hollin Hall was a plantation deeded to Thomson

Oh my, “suggestive songs.” Not good, not good … especially in 1921 when this article was printed in The Washington Times. We came across an amusing

My last post went way back to the 1920s. This one is a couple of decades after that, but well before the Washington Capitals arrived

Only the Dallas Cowboys saved the Washington Redskins from complete disaster in 1961, the last year they fielded an all-white team. The Washington football franchise,

Source: Glen Echo-Cabin John History This is a terrific email that I received from a GoDCer earlier this week. Getting emails like this always makes

Check this old photo out. It was taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston around the turn of the 20th century. Source: Library of Congress

And check this out … the building being constructed in 1927 is still there! [googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps?cbp=12,69.66,,0,-5.87&cbll=38.993972,-77.026795&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=38.993972,-77.026795&spn=0.007088,0.008647&t=m&z=17&panoid=OoNF6fv99mYlKOMa9xOXNg&source=embed&output=svembed]

Some of us get up every work day and take the Metro, quickly finding ourselves standing on a platform waiting 10 minutes to board, as

Now this is interesting. It’s a map from 1891 that shows the street sweeping schedule. Source: Library of Congress