Tag: Anacostia
Overbeck June Lecture: The Last Lincoln Conspirator
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater on the evening of April 14, 1865, is a well-known and pivotal event in American...
Special Places to Visit Upstream along Our River
We all love our river here close to home, but some very special places upstream have vistas and histories you don’t want to miss....
The National Arboretum – Lucky To Have It Along Our River
The National Arboretum comprises over four hundred and fifty acres along the west side of the Anacostia River, just below the New York Avenue...
Anacostia Park Fire Extinguished Tuesday Night
DC Fire Emergency medical Services (DC FEMS) extinguished a brush fire that was first reported as blazing in Anacostia Park across from Navy Yard...
Paddle a Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe on the Anacostia
How did I miss it? All the years I’ve lived on Capitol Hill, how did I not know there was a Hawaiian outrigger canoe...
Ward 8 Task Force Confirms Map, Report in Final Meeting
The Ward 8 Redistricting Task Force discussed the final proposed map of Ward 8 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) and their Single Member Districts (SMDs)...
Book Review: The Black Side of the River
The Black Side of the River: Race, Language and Belonging in Washington, DC by Jessica A. Grieser
Georgetown University Press, 2022
204 pages /Hardback Edition /ISBN...
With RiverSmart Homes You Can Help the Anacostia
We all know that part of the pollution in our river, the Anacostia, comes from runoff and overflow of storm water and that all...
A New Citizen Leader Along Our River
The Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) is an important player in the effort to clean up Our River. It is the oldest and largest of...
Escaping to the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
In these times of isolation and limits on things to do, we should think about those special places where we can get away,...
