There are loads of “only in DC” opportunities we benefit from as Hill residents: watching July 4th fireworks from the roof of your house (on the Mall, in PG County, and in the middle of the your street too), walking/jogging/biking through the Capitol grounds as part of your daily routine, and having Members of Congress […]
Marches on Washington are today a standard tactic of those seeking to change the opinions of the leaders in DC. Whether to denounce war, or attempt to right economic wrongs — or simply to attract attention, large numbers of people walking great distances has been an American institution since, well, 1894. In that year, a […]
Spending the week on a jury made me wonder about some famous DC trials, and the jurors who sat on them. This reminded me of George A. Bohrer, a long-time Capitol Hill resident, DC Councilmember, Alderman, Justice of the Peace, and city assessor – and member of the jury before whom John H. Surratt was […]
Here at THIH we feel that a key component of our public service is to make sure you get to attend as many nerdy events as your heart desires. And one of the most amazing, awe-inspiring, and downright nerdiest of this neighborhood’s charms is the Ruth Ann Overbeck Capitol Hill history project, a carefully quilted […]
The most difficult part in writing is deciding what to leave out. So often, a wonderful sidelight gets deleted at the last minute because there’s simply no room for it, especially if it does not really add to the main story. Fortunately, there are always other venues to write about the issue thus deleted — […]