Mary Surratt Boarding House is Now a Chinese Restaurant
Mary Surratt’s boarding house is a Chinese restaurant, still standing just around the corner from Gallery Place Metro. Today, it’s Wok and Roll.
Mary Surratt’s boarding house is a Chinese restaurant, still standing just around the corner from Gallery Place Metro. Today, it’s Wok and Roll.
Take a journey through time and explore Dupont Circle in 1919 using this vintage map from the Library of Congress. See what used to be the British Embassy at the intersection of Connecticut and N St.
This was the first time an official of the Soviet Union testified before a House committee, by Vitaly Churkin, in an attempt to be transparent after the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
Take a look back at Fidel Castro’s historic visit to DC in 1959, when the Cuban leader appeared as a ‘surprise’ guest on the Steve Allison show at the Ceres Restaurant. What was the public perception of him then?
In 1985, Mayor Marion Barry proposed renaming a portion of Massachusetts Avenue in front of the South African Embassy after anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela. Read the interesting story from The Baltimore Sun from July 3rd, 1985.
Read a letter from a GoDCer about the amusing consequences of the six-mile-per-hour speed limit in Glen Echo, Maryland in 1907. The story even precipitated an international incident!
50 years ago today, The Washington Post printed an article on the upcoming state visit of West Germany’s Chancellor, Ludwig Erhard. Kennedy was in Dallas that day and the visit never happened. Read the full story here.
On this date, 50 years ago, The Washington Post printed a story about the government of Austria owing the District back taxes on their embassy for lack of payment during World War II. The Austrians have been billed since the property was registered in their name the whole time. Find out if the bill was ever paid.
Discover the unlikely fairy tale of Baron Bodisco and Harriet Williams, a May-December romance in Georgetown. Learn about the scandal, wedding and happy years together before his death and her remarriage. Follow the beautiful bride and famous groomsmen to the White House for dinner.
Learn about the impressive Government Printing Office, once the world’s largest printing office in 1916. Explore the documents, photos and history of the GPO, and its role in making US diplomatic relations more transparent.
