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The 1960s were a decade of transformation and trauma for Washington. The March on Washington in 1963 brought a quarter million people to the Mall. JFK’s assassination brought the city to a standstill. And the 1968 riots that followed Dr. King’s murder left scars across entire neighborhoods that would take decades to heal.

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The Rolling Stones at a Beverly Hills press conference on their 1965 American tour. From left: Brian Jones in a black turtleneck, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts.When a Rolling Stone Got Robbed at Washington ColiseumJun 3Hand-colored 1860 lithograph showing the long Gothic Revival St. Elizabeths Hospital building with carriages and pedestrians in the foreground.Dallas Williams, the Bad Man of SwampoodleMay 30Restored DC Transit GMC Fishbowl bus number 1400 in green, white, and coral liveryO. Roy Chalk and the Last Days of D.C. TransitMay 28The elevated Whitehurst Freeway running along the Georgetown waterfront beside the Potomac River, photographed in May 1973 by Yoichi Okamoto for the National Archives.The 1963 Report Where DC Begged Washington to Pave Over the CityMay 26Glen Echo Park midway entrance in 1939, with riders about to start The ChuteGlen Echo Park: From Chautauqua to Carousel Sit-InMay 22Exterior of Martin's Tavern at 1264 Wisconsin Avenue NW in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.Martin’s Tavern Georgetown: JFK, Booth 3, and 93 YearsMay 16AI illustration imagining L'Enfant Plaza as planned in 1962Fedlandia Emerges from L’Enfant Plaza: From Southwest DC Neighborhood to the FutureApr 12Massimo Vignelli and the Design of the DC MetroApr 5, 2024Braddock’s Rock: A Stone Steeped in History and ControversyJan 16, 2024
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