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
The list of people who have grown up or stopped through Capitol Hill as a young person and then returned later to be honored in one way or another is long. Rare, however, is the tumult that greeted aviator Charles Lindbergh when he returned to the United States from his record-setting flight that forever gave […]
Marches on Washington are today a standard tactic of those seeking to change the opinions of the leaders in DC. Whether to denounce war, or attempt to right economic wrongs — or simply to attract attention, large numbers of people walking great distances has been an American institution since, well, 1894. In that year, a […]
The Hill Center had its grand opening on November 19, showing to the community the results of the amazing amount of work that has been done there over the past years. Obviously, the open house was about the future, not the past, but to me, there’s always some history that can be found there. So […]
Washington DC is a planned city, as everyone knows. Peter L’Enfant’s plan from 1791 continues to guide the city even today, and changes to its streets are often allowed or denied based on a couple of lines drawn on parchment over 220 years ago. Which is why it is so surprising to be walking around […]
Spending the week on a jury made me wonder about some famous DC trials, and the jurors who sat on them. This reminded me of George A. Bohrer, a long-time Capitol Hill resident, DC Councilmember, Alderman, Justice of the Peace, and city assessor – and member of the jury before whom John H. Surratt was […]