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 […]
Next year marks the 200th anniversary when Washington burned in the War of 1812. It also marks the 150th anniversary when Confederate forces attacked Fort Stevens, a Civil War outpost located near Missouri and Georgia Avenue, NW. I will return to these two important moments in history many times in the next months and year, but first I want […]
Given that today’s a holiday, I’m taking it easy and rerunning a piece from last year. My reason for so doing is that its subject, Clara Barton, is back in the news: the office she used after the Civil War will soon be a museum. It was found untouched recently, and there has been an […]