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January 19, 2023

James Earl Fraser Is Everywhere!

It seems you can’t throw a rock in Washington without hitting a statue of some sort. There are so many ideas, events, and people (actually mostly whi...

January 5, 2023

What Is a Cathedral?

The official name of Washington National Cathedral is the Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul. But that name itself begs the question: What’s th...

December 19, 2022

Bartholdi Fountain on Capitol Hill

At the base of Capitol Hill at a site that few visitors come: the Fountain of Light and Water. Locals call it the Bartholdi Fountain, named after it...

December 5, 2022

Titanic Memorial

At the end of this crumbling sidewalk near some docked sightseeing boats in SW Washington stands the Titanic Memorial. It’s dedicated “To the brave m...

December 2, 2022

Transportation Walk - the Non-museum Museum

In the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood of southwest Washington, and I’ve come across Washington’s most unusual museum: The Transportation Walk outsid...

November 12, 2022

Guglielmo Marconi: Inventor and Fascist

Most of Washington’s memorials are for those making political or military contributions to our national life. But this is a rare example of the comme...

August 19, 2022

The Canterbury Pulpit in Washington National Cathedral

When you come to a church service, you should expect to hear a sermon. And the site of sermons given at Washington National Cathedral is imposing. Se...

August 19, 2022

America's First Salute

Not far from this shore, there was canon fire that marked a changed world. In November 1776 Captain Isaiah Robinson sailed the Continental navy brigan...

August 19, 2022

The Original FDR Memorial

Franklin Roosevelt was the greatest president of the last century. He led the country through the Great Depression and World War II and elected presi...