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February 21, 2024

Inside the Bishop’s Garden

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...

February 21, 2024

Nature, Not the Festival, Determine Blossom Blooming

Washington’s cherry blossoms attract thousands of visitors (but not in 2021) to the city. But visitors BEWARE the National Cherry Blossom Festival doe...

February 21, 2024

The New Eisenhower Memorial

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...

February 21, 2024

Murder Bay Becomes Federal Triangle

The Federal Triangle section of Washington exudes the power of our democracy. Wedged between 6th and 15th Streets and Pennsylvania and Constitution Av...

February 21, 2024

The Spy’s Sprinkler System

While visiting the Washington National Cathedral’s Bishop’s Garden, I came across a plaque commemorating the donation of the garden’s sprinkler system...

February 21, 2024

Four Foreigners on DC’s Lafayette Square

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...

February 21, 2024

Assassination on DC’s Embassy Row

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...

February 21, 2024

DC’s Phavorite Physicist

Albert Einstein, everyone’s favorite physicist contemplates the universe from his perch on the lawn of the National Academy of Science on Constitution...

February 21, 2024

Mary McLeod Bethune

In Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill the life of Mary McLeod Bethune is remembered by this sculpture. If you’ve been exploring Washington, you may recogniz...