I recently helped a friend in the process of moving out of the long-time Capitol Hill home, and was given a book for my troubles. Entitled Extending the Legacy: Planning America’s Capital for the 21st Century, it was published some time in the 90s by the National Capital Planning Commission, and contains their plan for […]

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On Monday, January 17, 1910, William T. Sorrell of 426 7th St SW died. His death was reported to have been because of gas inhalation. It was a tragic, if typical, occurrence. His grieving mother had him interred two days later in Congressional Cemetery. That should have been that. However, over the next two weeks, […]

Arrests and other crime information in the area, directly from MPD. If you have a tip, you can always call 202-727-9099. You can also send info anonymously to the TEXT TIP LINE by texting 50411. Crime Solvers of Washington, DC currently offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment […]

Over the past few weeks, I have written of the exhumations of two residents (former and current) of Congressional Cemetery. Today, we turn to the largest mass exhumation that the cemetery ever witnessed. It happened in 1927, when a group of Chinese citizens up and down the eastern seaboard decided to return family members of […]