Last week, we looked at two deaths in 1853 at the Washington Navy Yard, and how diarist Michael Shiner reported them in his journal. Today, we will continue with the sad tales, starting with, perhaps the saddest. It occurred not directly at the Navy Yard, but just up the street, at the Marine Barracks, where […]
This opinion was written by K. Denise Rucker Krepp, ANC 6B10. Crime has significantly increased in my single member district (SMD) in the past couple of months. Many of these crimes are being committed by juveniles and I’ve requested information from Attorney General Karl A. Racine on how these cases are resolved. I want to […]
Why even bother with this column this week? The World Series is coming to DC! This Nationals fairy tale fantasy will fuel so many old person stories into the future and I am ready for that. I suppose there are other things happening around the neighborhood. Let’s have a look. Tonight there is no baseball […]
Good morning, NATS! How is your Tuesday going, NATS? Do you have any plans for today, NATS? It’s another regular ol’ Tuesday morning, NATS. Oh yeah. There’s a game later on today, at 8:08 p.m. to be exact, and you can watch it on FOX. Apparently the Astros are playing Walgreens. GRR. Get that smack-talking […]
One of the exciting moments for me in writing these columns is when disparate sources of information come together and allow me to get a more complete idea of what happened a long time ago. I was recently looking through my stash of previously unused newspaper items that I thought might be able to work […]