Think Capitol Hill has seen a lot of change in the last ten years? Imagine the change that Mary Z. Gray, who grew up above her family’s inherited funeral home at 301 East Capitol Street, has witnessed since her birth in 1919. Mrs. Gray has written a book, published locally by the Overbeck History Press, […]
At the end of last week, I was sent an edited copy of the scandal book, with a number of questions and statements needing clarification. Most of them were quite simple, but one took me a couple of hours. And although there was, in the end, little need to change any words, I did discover […]
With the manuscript of my book at the editors, I can once again look at some piece of arcana of Capitol Hill history. And little is more arcane than what I discovered while researching something completely different: The electric scoreboard. In those long-ago days before TV – or even radio – the only way to […]
As I am still in the final stretch of finishing up my scandal book of Capitol Hill, it seems appropriate that this weeks rerun is one of the scandals that will feature prominently in my book. Look for new columns starting in two weeks, and the book to be released Friday, April 13. With all […]
Over the winter holidays, I will be going on hiatus from my usual Lost Capitol Hill columns, as I will be working on my book on scandals of the Hill. In the meantime, I have dug out some of my old columns. While in my usual columns about lost Capitol Hill I write about landmarks […]