Today seems to be full of restaurant news! Forest City has announced that a new raw bar will be opening in the Lumber Shed at the Yards as early as this spring. Hopefully the timeline stays on track and we’ll have a new restaurant option by the park just in time for warmer temperatures! Whaley’s […]
Plots Open for Gardeners on Potomac Avenue (Hill Rag) Navy Yard Church to Host Prom for Special Needs Students at Nationals Park (Hill Now) New Indie Bookshop Opening Near Eastern Market (Capitol Hill Corner) Pineapple & Pearls Inches Closer (Eater DC) Navy Yard’s New Beer Garden Should Be Ready by Spring and Here are the […]
Last week, we looked at one of the militia companies that were formed in D.C. after the election of Abraham Lincoln made Washington’s location precarious. Today, we look at another of the companies, this one composed mainly of Navy Yard employees. On January 9, 1861, a meeting was held at the East Washington Library Association, […]
I have been looking at the role of the Washington Navy Yard during the Civil War of late, and particularly at the days after Lincoln’s election but before his inauguration, when D.C.’s situation looked precarious at best. In this fraught time, militias sprang up across the city, and the Navy Yard was especially looked to […]
Last week, we looked at the first Japanese Embassy to the United States, and its arrival on the east coast of the country at the Navy Yard. In today’s installment, we will look at their return visit and what they saw there. The two weeks following the Japanese Embassy’s arrival in Washington were spent in […]