Today is a day off for most people, and thus time for another rerun (This rerun was meant to run on Monday, but didn’t because we were taking the day off too and oops! Sorry about that. –MHC). And, as it’s the 4th of July, the appropriate topic is beer. I am particularly pleased to […]
While the suggestion to turn over the Quaker Guns to the Washington Navy Yard that I wrote about last week was really a joke, the Navy Yard did have a number of cannons displayed, both as memorials to previous war as well as to see what the current enemy was up to. Today, we will […]
Once again, it’s time for a quiet Memorial Day rerun. This is the story of the building of the Amphitheater, which will be used for services this morning to honor all those who have died while wearing this country’s uniform. More exactly, it is the story of one man who fought to make this building a […]
In the early days of the Civil War, the fear of sabotage and secessionist spies ran high at the Washington Navy Yard. After all, with even the commandant opting to throw in his lot with the South, it stood to reason that any number of others would stay and attempt to undermine the war effort as […]
A friend of a friend recently mentioned that an ancestor of his had run a restaurant on Capitol Hill. He was wondering where, exactly, it had been. A little research later, I am able to answer that question in probably far more detail than he ever expected –or wanted. Julius Egloff was born in Switzerland […]