In Barracks Row, 75-unit project planned (Curbed DC) Capitol Hill mom directs thousands of anti-Trump activists with texts sent from her living room (The Washington Post) City Launches New Effort to Develop Hill East Boys and Girls Club (Capitol Hill Corner) Pepco Explains its Work on the Hill (ANC 6B Commissioner Kristen Oldenburg) Washingtonian Names […]
Continuing on with my fascination with Hill connections to the Lincoln assassination, I recently came across what is essentially a footnote to a previous article on the Booth autopsy. It turns out that one of the surgeons assisting in the autopsy had a much closer connection to the assassination than I would have expected. He was […]
At least one resident in the 300 block of H Street NE was. THIH reader @avamny reached out to us last night with the following tweet: is it ok to have jackhammers and the like on #hst at 2AM on a weeknight? @HStreetDC_ @HStreetDC @theHillisHome — ava y (@avanmny) January 25, 2017 She also shared […]
Two weeks ago, I wrote about John Westfall and how he saved Abraham Lincoln’s life during the latter’s second inauguration, and how Westfall was promoted to Lieutenant due to his actions. Today, we’ll look at the –remarkably tame– aftermath of this remarkable story. For the next ten years, Westfall remained a Lieutenant in the Capitol police. […]