February 21, 2024
Where Barack Obama Lived Before Moving to the White House
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...
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February 21, 2024
Twenty-one Women Killed in Washington Arsenal Explosion
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...
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February 21, 2024
The Information Revolution Begins in Georgetown
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...
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February 21, 2024
Nathanael Greene in DC’s Stanton Park
On Capitol Hill in Washington, DC’s in Stanton Park you won’t find a statue of Edwin Stanton, but you will find one of Nathanael Greene. Greene was fr...
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February 21, 2024
Franklin Square Is Back!
Franklin Square is back! Now rechristened Franklin Park, this long-neglected green space managed by the National Park Service, underwent a $20 million...
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February 21, 2024
DC’s Big Chair
Not all of Washington, DC’s landmarks are on the Mall. In the Anacostia neighborhood the landmark is the Big Chair. Standing over 19 feet tall, this i...
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February 21, 2024
The Defecting Defector
The case of KGB Col. Vitaly Yerchenko remains a Cold War spy v. spy mystery. He defects to the US then months later re-defects to the USSR. Did he cha...
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February 21, 2024
Stanton Is Not In Stanton Park
Stanton Park is named after secretary of war Edwin Stanton who presided over the army in the Civil War. But the statue in Stanton Park is not Edwin St...
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February 21, 2024
The Guard Isn’t the Only Thing That’s Changed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
With the brilliant white sarcophagus overlooking the nation’s capital; the guard marching twenty-one steps in front of it; the inspection of the relie...
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