February 21, 2024
One of the things I like best about the WWII Memorial is that it remembers everything and everyone that made victory possible. Because the war wasn’t...
Read More: Remembering the WWII Home Front in DC and St Simons, Georgia
February 21, 2024
A demon lives in this house. Or at least one did in 1973 when the movie the Exorcist was filmed in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. The Exor...
Read More: The Exorcist House
February 21, 2024
Its summertime and whether you’re at the beach or by a lake you may be looking for a good book. So, I thought I’d share with you what I think are some...
Read More: Best Books About Washington, DC
February 21, 2024
The Department of Labor building at the base of Capitol Hill in Washington, DC is nothing special to look at. Built in the 1970s, it’s about as uncrea...
Read More: DC’s Frances Perkins: Labor Secretary and Saint
February 21, 2024
The Beatles to the US by storm in 1964. For a country still mourning the tragic death of its young president, the arrival of the Fab Four was a joyous...
Read More: The Beatles First US Concert Was In DC
February 21, 2024
Washington, DC is at the confluence of power, money, and politics. So, it’s a natural setting for some great movies. Now lots of movies take place in...
Read More: Best Movies Filmed In DC
February 21, 2024
For members of Congress who are not wealthy, and there are fewer and fewer of those these days, finding an affordable place to stay in Washington is a...
Read More: Where Barack Obama Lived Before Moving to the White House
February 21, 2024
It was hot the morning of June 17, 1864. At the Washington Arsenal munitions were being made for the Civil War. Twenty-one young women, wearing the co...
Read More: Twenty-one Women Killed in Washington Arsenal Explosion
February 21, 2024
When you think of the birth of the information technology industry, you usually think of Seattle or Silicon Valley. But you should really think of the...
Read More: The Information Revolution Begins in Georgetown