The big days in Washington, DC history. Assassinations, riots, marches, inaugurations, and the smaller moments that turned out to matter more than people knew at the time.
As the University of Maryland prepares to leave the Atlantic Coast Conference, reminisce on the Terrapin’s glory days in 1954 and the 74-13 victory over Missouri that set the single-game scoring record for 27 years.
Be inspired by these two young peace activists who joined several hundred thousand protestors in Washington DC to dissent against what they believed was an immoral war. See their photo on Estella Gonzalez’s pinboard.
In 1895, Reverend Alexander Crummell delivered a powerful Thanksgiving sermon to three congregations, including the 15th St. Presbyterian Church. He identified several instances of hope for African Americans, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, including persevering through the institution of slavery. Read the entire sermon now!
In 1888, mainstream coverage of Thanksgivukkah (the convergence of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving) was minimal. Learn what the Washington Post and National Tribune reported on this rare calendar quirk 125 years ago.
Magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale spent 36 years asking Presidents to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. In September 1863, Abraham Lincoln finally said yes.
President Kennedy threw the first pitch at the 1962 MLB All-Star Game at D.C. Stadium, before 45,480 fans. Here’s the story of baseball’s biggest day in DC.
On the day President Kennedy was assassinated, a prayer was printed in The Washington Post asking for patience and light in the midst of sorrow. Read this powerful story and its foreshadowing of the tragedy to come.
Check out these stunning photos of the massive crowd gathered in Washington D.C. for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Photographs from the October 1967 March on the Pentagon organized by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, showing crowds at the Lincoln Memorial.
