Robert Pohl worked for many years as a computer programmer but recovered from that and became a full time stay-at-home dad. With his son now in school, he has expanded his horizons and become a self-taught historian. He has written books about his house as well as Emancipation in the District of Columbia. You can reach Robert at Robert[at]thehillishome.com
While cleaning up after sending in the manuscript for my latest book to my editor, I discovered that I had overlooked one of the manufacturers on the Hill when I went through them recently. Though this factory is over in southwest, and thus a bit off my patch, the items produced were interesting enough to […]
Last week, we looked at the 1921 book Mirrors of Washington in which the anonymous author took 14 D.C. Worthies, including five Senators, to task for various reasons. Today, we’ll look at the reactions to book – and the outing of the author.
When I was working on my book on the scandals of Capitol Hill, my publisher requested that I not write up any modern stories. I agreed for two reasons: For one, a scandal takes time to age into a proper story, whether because this ensures that ruffled feathers have been smoothed, or that the final […]
In trawling about the Library of Congress’s picture collection, I came across another attempt to reimagine Capitol Hill. The changes being promulgated are truly radical and are worth looking at a little more closely – if only to hope that nothing of this nature is ever actually built.
Last week, we looked at the urban legend surrounding Adelaide Johnson’s The Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Standon and Susan B. Anthony located in the rotunda of the Capitol. Although there is a hunk of unfinished marble connected with it, there is no reason to believe that Johnson ever intended this to be ‘finished’ with […]