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
With baseball season upon us, and the Nationals due to take to the field for their first Spring Training game in less than a week, it seems appropriate to look back at some baseball history on the Hill, starting with a game played in 1909, which started a decades-long tradition. In this case, the game […]
One of the ways I try to keep my tour groups’ eyes open is to have them search for something in a monument or memorial we are visiting. My personal favorite is the – repaired — error on the engraving of the Second Inaugural Address of the Lincoln Memorial, which can see in the picture […]
With my book now at the printer, I can get back to mining the minutae of Hill history. Today’s chapter is an expansion of something I came across while researching the book, and finally, I had the time to find out more about Brinkley’s Bar, which graced 8th Street SE for about 20 years in […]
The latest statistics for the number of drivers licensed to operate vehicles in the District of Columbia show there were a total of 313,027 of them in 2003. Although the statistics don’t break out the numbers any further, it is probably a safe bet to say that 1/2 of them are women. In other words, […]
At the end of last week, I was sent an edited copy of the scandal book, with a number of questions and statements needing clarification. Most of them were quite simple, but one took me a couple of hours. And although there was, in the end, little need to change any words, I did discover […]