This is a guest post by Angela Harrison Eng The Washington Hilton Hotel is located at 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW, near DuPont Circle. At a glance, the hotel is one of many in a sea of urban...
Guest Posts / 11.05.2015
The Women’s Suffrage Parade of 1913
This is a guest post by Angela Harrison Eng. March 3, 2013, was an important day in women’s history, yet it went virtually unnoticed in the public eye. Before women gained the right to vote nationwide in...
Guest Posts, Lost History / 31.03.2015
The Little Green House on K Street
This is a guest post by Angela Harrison Eng At a first glance, there is nothing monumental about 1625 K Street NW. A bland building occupies the space, along with several nondescript businesses and a parking garage....
Guest Posts, Historical Events / 16.03.2015
The Knickerbocker Theatre Tragedy
This is a guest post by Angela Harrison Eng Winter storms like hurricanes are regularly named every year. This naming practice, however, was not always the norm. One snowstorm that hit DC in 1922 was named “The...
This is a guest post by Angela Harrison Eng I was a Girl Scout when I was a kid. Unlike a lot of girls I knew, I stayed a Girl Scout until my late teen years. Some...
Guest Posts / 06.03.2015
D.C.’s Connection With the Titanic
This is a guest post by Angela Harrison Eng. New York has significant ties to Titanic. Many of Gotham’s elite members of society died in the disaster, including John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, and Isidor and Ida...
Guest Posts, If Walls Could Talk / 02.03.2015
Lincoln Conspirator’s Home Now Wok and Roll Restaurant
This is a guest post by Angela Harrison Eng. I’ve been to D.C.’s Chinatown a number of times. I even remember passing the Wok and Roll restaurant at 604 H Street NW. The restaurant name certainly stands...
Guest Posts, Historical Events / 14.08.2014
Engravings of President’s House and Capitol After Burning of Washington
Below are two amazing engravings of the President's House and the Capitol Building following the Burning of Washington on August 24, 1814. The engravings were done by William Strickland. The British marched on Washington and attacked...
We found a couple of fascinating pages out of two newspapers from the days following the Burning of Washington. Both papers, The Columbian - out of New York City - and the Federal Republican - out...
Guest Posts, Historical Events / 28.07.2014
British Troops Regret Burning Washington; Madison’s Cabinet Slow to React
We're coming up on the 200th anniversary...
Guest Posts, Notable People & Places / 16.06.2014
The Greatest Commencement Addresses in Washington, DC, Ever
It's that time of year, again. Commencement speakers address graduating college and university classes, and inevitably their speeches are ranked, assessed, complimented, and criticized. This year, both NPR and Vox.com have compiled the best commencement speeches ever....
Guest Posts, Historical Events, Other Cool Stuff / 21.05.2014
Playbill from Ford’s Theatre on the Night of Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theater began with a showing of Our American Cousin, and ended with an assassinated President Lincoln. The Library of Congress has the program from that evening. Pretty incredible to think that...
Walter Johnson is one of the greatest pitchers of all time, and on May 15, 1918, he delivered a...
The Library of Congress has a large collection of graphic arts created over the course of two centuries. They depict famous locations and subjects. There are a large number dedicated to capturing the assassination and aftermath...