The Best Commencement Speeches Given in Washington, DC
Check out the best commencement speeches ever given in Washington, DC from President John F. Kennedy to Ken Burns, Tony Snow and others. See the full lists from NPR and Vox.com.
Gallaudet University
Exploring the Area Around Union Market and Gallaudet University in 1907
Take a journey back in time to 1907 with this map showing the area around Union Market and Gallaudet University. Learn more with this exploration of the past!
Uncovering History: How the Gallaudet University Football Team Invented the Football Huddle in the 1920s
![Washington, D.C., 1920. "Gripp, Mathew, [Nathan] Lahn, Troske -- Gallaudet U." Gridiron stars of the first college for the deaf, credited with inventing the football huddle in the 1920s as a way to keep its signed plays secret.](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/11/SHORPY_29576u1.jpg)
Uncovering history: the Gallaudet University football team invented the huddle in the 1920s as a way to keep their signed plays secret. Learn more about the four players from the 1920 Gallaudet University football squad that made history.
Exploring the Stickney House: A Look Back at a Lost D.C. Gem
The Stickney House stood at 6th and M NW for a hundred years before the city knocked it down in the 1970s. A parking lot replaced it.
They Were Neighbors: Officer Sprinkle Lived Here
To satisfy your hunger for more Officer Sprinkle, I took a look into where he lived in 1900. At the time, he was 34 years old, had been married to his wife Teresa for 10 years and had been working for the Washington police force for the same amount of time. The Sprinkle family lived … Read more
Who Was the First Mayor of Washington?
Who was the first mayor of Washington? It wasn’t Walter Washington or Marion Barry. Have you hear of Robert Brent? He was Thomas Jefferson’s friend.