February 21, 2024
Outside the British Embassy on Washington’s Embassy Row is Winston Churchill, a statue with a foot in two countries. Churchill’s father was the Duke o...
Read More: Churchill’s Statue: Feet In Two Countries
February 21, 2024
OK, let’s end this myth once and for all: Washington, DC was never a swamp. Only one percent of today’s city could ever be defined as swamp, and that...
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February 21, 2024
The most unusual memorial to a president in Washington, DC is the one to our 26th chief executive. Theodore Roosevelt gets an entire island to his mem...
Read More: Theodore Roosevelt Gets His Own Island
February 21, 2024
Until last month our country had no national memorial commemorating World War I. In 1919 Congress debated constructing such a memorial, but aside from...
Read More: The New World War I Memorial
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