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History stories contributed by DC residents, historians, and readers who know something worth sharing.

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Capitol Hill Haunts - Tim KreppThe Mysterious Ghost of the Capitol Hill Police SubstationOct 31, 2012Willard's HotelPhilemon Herbert: The Colorful Life and Controversial Legacy of a 19th-Century California CongressmanSep 20, 2012Countess de la Rocca in 1914Countess de la Rocca: A 1913 Diplomatic Hostess in DCSep 18, 2012Dutch Leonard circa 1945A Look Back at the 1945 Washington Senators: The Last Time Washington Battled for a Pennant in the Final Weeks of the SeasonSep 13, 2012Bringing Home the Bacon: Pork Barrel Politics and The PigAug 20, 20121937 Chevy taxiA Revenge Crime on the Potomac: The 1937 Taxi Dumped in the River and the Fateful Gamble of Maurice ‘Buddy’ SweeneyJul 20, 2012Maya Ying Lin, the Yale architecture student who submitted the winning design for the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, holds a scale model of her design on May 6, 1981. © Bettmann/CORBIS (mentalfloss.comControversy and Design: The Ghosts of DC MemorialsJul 13, 2012Pennsylvania Ave. looking towards Treasury (Library of Congress)Did Frederick Douglass Buy The New Era from a Colored Newspaper Boy?Jun 26, 2012Snow's CourtSnow’s Court in Foggy Bottom: Alley Dwellings and GentrificationJun 25, 2012
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