February 21, 2024
Everyone knows where the president lives. But few know that the vice president also has an official residence. Historically the office of vice preside...
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February 21, 2024
Arlington National Cemetery is the resting place for people from all walks of life, including some accomplished actors. Lee Marvin was a popular ch...
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February 21, 2024
Washington National Cathedral is one of my favorite places to take visitors. Styling itself as a House of Prayer for All People, it is a masterpiece o...
Read More: Inside the Bishop’s Garden
February 21, 2024
Washington’s cherry blossoms attract thousands of visitors (but not in 2021) to the city. But visitors BEWARE the National Cherry Blossom Festival doe...
Read More: Nature, Not the Festival, Determine Blossom Blooming
February 21, 2024
One of the newer sites in Washington is the Dwight D Eisenhower Memorial. It’s in a very convenient location for many visitors. Across the street from...
Read More: The New Eisenhower Memorial
February 21, 2024
The Federal Triangle section of Washington exudes the power of our democracy. Wedged between 6th and 15th Streets and Pennsylvania and Constitution Av...
Read More: Murder Bay Becomes Federal Triangle
February 21, 2024
While visiting the Washington National Cathedral’s Bishop’s Garden, I came across a plaque commemorating the donation of the garden’s sprinkler system...
Read More: The Spy’s Sprinkler System
February 21, 2024
On the four corners of Lafayette Square across the street from the White House are statues of heroes of our Revolutionary War, without whom, victory w...
Read More: Four Foreigners on DC’s Lafayette Square
February 21, 2024
On Sheridan Circle along Embassy Row one is surrounded by elaborate Gilded Age mansions that have been converted into embassies. They’re the site of e...
Read More: Assassination on DC’s Embassy Row