Tag: history
The Literary Hill: Three Reads for Local History Buffs
Indigenous DC: Native People’s and the Nation’s Capital,
by Elizabeth Rule
Forthcoming 2023. Dr. Elizabeth Rule begins her extensively researched and fascinating mapping of the indigenous...
Join Community Meeting to Plan for Eastern Market’s 150th Anniversary
This year marks the 150th Anniversary of Eastern Market (225 Seventh St. SE), which opened Nov. 12, 1873.
Plans are in the already being made...
LeDroit Park: Small in Size, Large in History
In Small in Size: LeDroit Park: A History & A Guide, Canden Schwantes’ (now Arciniega) demonstrates her ability as a storyteller, honed through years...
A Jewish Family’s WWII Life in Shanghai
Readers of World War II history and stories of the “kitchen table” variety will enjoy Shanghai Losses: A Young Jewish Girl’s Time in Shanghai...
Flags at Half-Staff
Eric Rozenman came to DC in 1980 as a congressional staffer and worked on or near Capitol Hill for many years. He is now...
National Museum of Women in the Arts Slated to Re-Open Fall...
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA, 1250 New York Ave. NW) will open its newly renovated building in fall 2023, representatives...
A Little Love for the Congressional Exxon
These days the little gas station between Union Station and the Supreme Court is mostly known because Wolf Blitzer referenced it in a November...
When Art By Women is Credited to Men
Join National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) Associate Curator Ginny Treanor and docent Carolyn Higgins for a virtual happy hour as they...
Honorary Washingtonian Bethune Honored with Statue in Capitol
A statue with DC roots has been added to the National Statuary Hall inside the US Capitol. The newest installation was unveiled on July...
“Damn Fool Lines”
Remember those World War II movies where the gung-ho unit was made up of one soldier of every color, religion and ethnic group, each...
