I know how we treasure our outdoor space on Capitol Hill, and I always smile when I see people in bikinis in Lincoln Park. There’s something about all that white skin, the pooches parading and the sugar magnolia blooms that say, “Yay! Spring!” One gem of the Hill is Congressional Cemetery and it’s about as […]
With the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln Assassination coming up, I have been looking at some of the connections to Capitol Hill that it had. I have previously looked at some of the conspirators today and next week, I will look at some of the doctors who assisted Lincoln in Ford’s theater that evening. It […]
I have written before of the church that once stood just south of the Capitol; on its use by the Israel Bethel congregation; and on how it played host to the mustering of the 1st Regiment, United States Colored Troops in 1863. As next month I will be giving a tour of the Hill which […]
Last week, I looked at the strange case of David Atzerodt’s horse. Today, I will look at another aspect of the conspiracy, this time in what Lewis Powell (or Payne/Paine) was up to that evening – and even find a little more about that horse. I also attempt to correct an Urban Legend (or, more […]
The Lincoln assassination, which is coming up to its 150th anniversary next month, continues to intrigue people, with some trying to determine the exact sequence of events, while others try to prove a completely different conspiracy, especially when it comes to the final disposition of John Wilkes Booth. That Capitol Hill, and especially the Navy […]