29 May 2017

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: Olive Kimball and His Amphitheater

To those (assumedly exceedingly small number of people) actually reading THIH today, I say, Welcome to beginning of summer! With it being Memorial Day and all, today’s column will be a rerun. This rerun is actually appropriate for the day, as it concerns a Capitol Hill resident’s work building the amphitheater at Arlington Cemetery, site […]


14 Mar 2011

Lost Capitol Hill: Olive George Kimball

On Tuesday March 15, the US Army will say farewell to its last surviving veteran of the first World War.  Frank Buckles will lie in honor in the Arlington Amphitheater, which lies immediately behind the Tomb of the Unknowns, and thus anyone who wants to pay their last respects can do so. It is, however, […]


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