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Day: February 22, 2022

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When Did Metro Open in D.C.?

Metro in Washington DC opened on March 27th, 1976. All rides were free that day on the 4.6 miles of tracks.

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Recommended for You

Henry Bacon’s Competition Proposal for a Monument to Abraham Lincoln, 1912

Other Proposed Designs for the Lincoln Memorial

February 27, 1923. "Miss Alice Reighly, 1409 Harvard Street, president of Anti-Flirt Club, which has just been organized in Washington, D.C., and will launch an 'Anti-Flirt Week' beginning March 4. The club is composed of young women and girls who have been embarrassed by men in automobiles and on street corners." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. (Shorpy)

Anti-Flirt Club: Don’t Undress Me With Your Eyes

Two elderly convention attendees in 1916 (Library of Congress)

1916 Convention of Former Slaves in Washington

Anti-Saloon League slogan

Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Not Touch Ours

What Does DC Mean in Washington, DC?

1906 map showing the original boundary milestones of the District of Columbia

1906 Map of All D.C. Boundary Stones

Washington, D.C. Scott Circle

Photo of Scott Circle in 1943

August 28, 1963. "Emancipator looking down on demonstrators. Participants in the March on Washington in front of the Lincoln Memorial and massed along both sides of the Reflecting Pool, viewed from behind Abraham Lincoln statue." Photo by James K. Atherton for United Press International.

Lincoln Memorial and “I Have a Dream”

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Today's Featured Posts

Budweiser Clydesdales in D.C. after the repeal (cnbc.com)

First Legal Drink at Midnight Upon Repeal of Prohibition

American Service Center advertisement

Mercedes-Benz Advertisement in 1961

Proposed design for the completion of the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.

Unbuilt Proposed Design for Washington Monument (1877)

construction of Memorial Bridge

Incredible View of Memorial Bridge Under Construction

Vitaly Churkin, Soviet Diplomat, Testifies on the Hill

The Mason House on Analoston Island - 1903

The Mason House on Analoston Island

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"Full size mockup of partial Metro station 1968" from Harry Weese Associates' 1994 book describing Metro's early plans.

Metro’s 17-Foot Long “Experimental Station” in 1968

Why Is It Named Trinidad?

Map of Washington Subdivisions in 1961

The Story of Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s Mansion

Robert Todd Lincoln at His Father’s Memorial Dedication

Au Pied de Cochon

Remember Au Pied de Cochon?

Video Visualizing Early Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln colorized (1865)

Abraham Lincoln in Color (1865)

Susan Ford gettin' down in the East Room with her date

Senior Prom at the White House

Ron Paul in Astros uniform (1983)

Ron Paul Crushes a Double in Congressional Baseball

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