The Navy Yard/Capitol Riverfront neighborhood is bringing back its outdoor holiday Parcel Market at Canal Park again this weekend with interactive art installations, a cozy food pavilion warmed by fire pits, live & local music performances, and a festival tent showcasing a curated list of talented local designers, artists, chefs, and food artisans. And, of course, the 10,000 square-foot […]
I have previously written about visitors to the Washington Navy Yard. Today, I introduce another group: The first ambassadors to the United States from the newly opened country of Japan. In 1860, seven years after Commodore oorooatthew Perry had established trading with Japan, the Japanese government sent an ambassador to the United States, along with […]
Thomas Edward Clark was all of 18 years old when his father, William Clark, died– leaving his son in sole charge of the wood yard that he had opened in the Navy Yard neighborhood. It fell to the young man to continue the business and he jumped at the chance, publishing an elaborate ad in […]
One of the largest ships in the US Navy during the Civil War was finished at the Washington Navy Yard. After having built various parts of the USS Pensacola in navy yards in states that had seceded, it was fortunate that the final work was done at the Yard: that way, the US Navy could keep it. […]
D.C’s street festivals all have their own unique feel, which is what makes them so great. One of my favorite things about Barracks Row’s Fall Festival is that it feels like such a neighborhood festival, with something for everyone who lives on the Hill. You can get a taste (literally) of what the Marines’ chefs and […]