BoundaryStones: The site where Asbury United Methodist Church is located used to be Asbury Chapel, founded by Eli Nugent and other Black congregants of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church in #DC. https://t.co/knmMhGy2Ut #BlackHistory
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
What I want to know is What is Joe Biden’s plan to stop self-absorbed recipe bloggers from telling a long, unskippable, unrelated childhood memory before sharing the goddamn recipe? https://t.co/9IJYFqSmZI
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
the great pumpkin race!! https://t.co/VvO9Hj8Y90
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
BoundaryStones: This particular piece of #DCHistory hits particularly close to home at the Boundary Stones home office! https://t.co/f347fmY35V
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
BoundaryStones: A historical example of the importance of #CleanWater: #WashingtonDC had filtered water for the first time in 1905, leading to a significant drop in typhoid cases over the next few years. https://t.co/QZJ29Q2FD4
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
James Bond film vehicles on display in LA at the Peterson Museum (from @AP) https://t.co/Cqp6aRqcCf
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
Hot air balloons return to skies in New Mexico (from @AP) https://t.co/xhKfeMrhb1
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
Italy: Lithe statue of literary heroine draws sexism charges (from @AP) https://t.co/OSsIUZVdYd
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
Dubai opens Expo 2020 to a world still reeling from pandemic (from @AP) https://t.co/thyA4vCaW4
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
Klimt portrait, missing for 22 years, to star in Rome show (from @AP) https://t.co/hVM2zBkotg
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
Mexico displays pre-Hispanic artifacts recovered from abroad (from @AP) https://t.co/fQNeXNWZoX
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
COVID-19 deaths eclipse 700,000 in US as delta variant rages (from @AP) https://t.co/ReC2AYpRoM
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
BoundaryStones: Just after the release of a little album called "Nevermind," #Nirvana played a show at D.C.'s 9:30 Club. https://t.co/6X9JbqpArn #DCHistory
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
Woman who survived 1918 flu, world war succumbs to COVID (from @AP) https://t.co/G4GjmPZAbS
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
StreetsOfDC: Read Robert Malesky's fascinating history of Edgewood at: https://t.co/yC6Iu5flzc
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
StreetsOfDC: The house on 6th Street became a boardinghouse run by the Catholic Daughters of America, as seen in this postcard, before it was torn down in 1936 to make room for a parking garage for the Hecht Company department store, located on the other side of the block.
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
StreetsOfDC: Salmon Chase went on to become Chief Justice and lived his later years at his country estate of Edgewood in upper NE DC. Kate Chase Sprague, divorced and penniless, also lived out her later years as a recluse at Edgewood. https://t.co/8bqCnZkFQL
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
StreetsOfDC: House on the NW corner of 6th and E St NW, constructed in 1851. During the Civil War, it was the home of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase. Chase lived here with his daughter, Kate, whose marriage here to Sen. William Sprague in 1863 was the highlight of the se…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
Today in History - October 2 https://t.co/rCFDpc6WbV
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
BoundaryStones: Rose O'Neal Greenhow of #WashingtonDC went from being a Confederate spy to a Union prisoner, and her home even held other female prisoners during the Civil War. https://t.co/WQKR9hzkqU
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 2, 2021
–Tutorial Tidbits https://t.co/xWxvUGoSHx via @YouTube
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 1, 2021
BoundaryStones: In the 1930s, former owner of Washington's football team George Preston Marshall wanted to build a stadium with a retractable dome after moving the team from Boston to D.C. https://t.co/sgSff2Eish #DCHistory
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 1, 2021
BoundaryStones: D.C.'s own Margaret Gorman became the first Miss America in 1921 and retained the title until her death #OnThisDay in 1995. https://t.co/uTIEC6yRKr
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 1, 2021
DCHistory: Happy National Book Month! Despite online reading, bookstores remain alive and well in the District! Check our Instagram story for staff recs on DC books 📚 📸: Idle Times Books (now Lost City Books), Adams Morgan (General photograph collection, CHS 13739, Ryan She…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 1, 2021
BoundaryStones: The opening of the District of Columbia Stadium in 1961 was the catalyst for an integrated football team in #WashingtonDC. https://t.co/y0nBZ949SE
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 1, 2021
Remembering the Gallaudet Eleven and Their Contributions to Spaceflight via NASA https://t.co/wKmZtXljjB https://t.co/TzwZvG0ug1
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 1, 2021
LOCMaps: This map depicts South Africa as it was in 1899. Cape Colony refers to the name of the original British colony established there in 1806. Have a look: https://t.co/iNrjiDmo5I https://t.co/nrFR7Qw9Fv
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 1, 2021
Today in History - October 1 https://t.co/vXfK2ulikR
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 1, 2021
Quote of the Day: "Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit." - Napoleon Hill
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 1, 2021
BoundaryStones: Witch trials didn't only happen in New England. #OnThisDay in 1685, Rebecca Fowler was tried for witchcraft in St. Mary's City, MD. https://t.co/LQNQ1EjLCL #MDHistory
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 30, 2021
StreetsOfDC: Glockner's Parker Cafe was located in the Parker Apartments, on the NW corner of 16th St and Park Road NW. The Parker was built by Mrs. Olive B. Parker (1847-1912) in 1909 as an investment. She was the wife of Harry B. Parker, co-founder of the Parker-Bridget cl…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 30, 2021
BoundaryStones: Who was Spencer the sturgeon? No, he wasn't some old mascot or cartoon character. Spencer was one of the many aquatic animals at the #DC National Aquarium. https://t.co/5FVPvm5CkQ
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 30, 2021
LOCMaps: Have a look at this map of several areas of south Florida, including West Palm Beach, from 1907. A list of places of interests is included which mentions establishments such as a local canning factory and weather bureau. Get a better look: https://t.co/bTpNeSRd4Y …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 30, 2021
Pedro Cota: From Student Filmmaker to NASA Video Producer via NASA https://t.co/gxExSQmbc5 https://t.co/rDZrwzccEa
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 30, 2021
StreetsOfDC: More about the Palais Royal department store is at: https://t.co/4ziobB9ERY.
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 30, 2021
StreetsOfDC: The building was taken over in 1893 by the new Raleigh Hotel, which occupied it until 1911, when it was razed and replaced by the grand Raleigh Hotel building that remained there until 1964. More about the Raleigh Hotel at: https://t.co/v3SzLq94PW.
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 30, 2021
StreetsOfDC: The Shepherd Centennial Building, completed in 1876 on the NE corner of 12th and Pa Ave NW. This detail from a stereoview may show the building festooned for Memorial Day, then known as Decoration Day, a particularly resonant holiday for the Pension Bureau, whic…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 30, 2021
Today in History - September 30 https://t.co/sPSOl2tOkU
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 30, 2021
Quote of the Day: "Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." - Khalil Gibran
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 30, 2021
Wikipedia article of the day is Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah. https://t.co/2VIJEChxkC
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 30, 2021
BoundaryStones: #Didyouknow Union Station was once offered to the Smithsonian as a site for a museum? https://t.co/ZFWCxpbDoC #DCHistory
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2021
StreetsOfDC: Fifty years ago, baseball left Washington in a chaotic stampede https://t.co/SdJ8VL14Ms
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2021
BoundaryStones: In 1939, African American singer Marian Anderson was denied a stage at Constitution Hall because she was Black. Instead, she sang in front of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial. Three years later, she sang in the hall she was once denied from: …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2021
LOCMaps: Check out this 1814 map which depicts the trail taken by Lewis and Clark during their expedition to the West. Explore the map here: https://t.co/dMAM2yZLlI https://t.co/TiFV9D1KQM
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2021
Cryogenic Testing of the Webb Telescope's Primary Mirror Segment via NASA https://t.co/nfoVUVAyJ1 https://t.co/WdGua6sQ8x
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2021
StreetsOfDC: Constructed in 1882 as the Washington High School, the first Central High School was on the north side of O St NW between 6th and 7th. It was soon overcrowded and was eventually replaced by the current Cardozo Senior High School, at 13th and Clifton Streets NW, …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2021
Today in History - September 29 https://t.co/POAEC05bKV
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2021
Quote of the Day: "The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more." - Kin Hubbard
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2021
Wikipedia article of the day is U-1-class submarine (Austria-Hungary). https://t.co/xXbw6t1146
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2021
BoundaryStones: #OTD in 1940, President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for the terminal building of @Reagan_Airport: https://t.co/Yq5ensHYJl
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 28, 2021
StreetsOfDC: @OldTimeDC I believe it may have been reskinned and expanded rather than fully demolished and rebuilt.
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 28, 2021
Liftoff of Landsat 9 via NASA https://t.co/CGcRyjzIWp https://t.co/yBg7kyHL9q
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 28, 2021
Today in History - September 28 https://t.co/Ec0gbivh2v
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 28, 2021
LOCMaps: Take a look at this mid-18th century map of colonial America. You may notice how South Carolina and Georgia extend far further west than they do today. Pennsylvania seems to be the opposite, depicted as much smaller than it is at present. Check it out: …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 28, 2021
Percy Ross Wants to Give You Money! https://t.co/UPhUvmaFVu
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 28, 2021
StreetsOfDC: @PreparednessJoe Different Crystal City and different restaurant!
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 28, 2021
Quote of the Day: "I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty." - Edgar Allan Poe
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 28, 2021
Wikipedia article of the day is Lettuce. https://t.co/kdKWPCqDcV
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 28, 2021
StreetsOfDC: @RSP_DC @20002ist @restocarp @theHillisHome Great research @RSP_DC!
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 27, 2021
StreetsOfDC: Greek immigrants Nicholas and Angello Chaconas opened the Crystal City Restaurant, at 20th and Connecticut Ave NW, in 1941. Named after a Frank Lloyd Wright highrise project that was supposed to be built nearby, the restaurant closed in 1974 after being gutted b…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 27, 2021
LOCMaps: This map of Chicago’s “gangland” depicts the territories of various 1930s gangsters. The cartouche, or decorative illustration around the map’s title, even seems to include an apparent depiction of Al Capone along with two handguns. Have a look: …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 27, 2021
BoundaryStones: @RSP_DC Thanks for reading and thanks for the catch! We'll make the edit.
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 27, 2021
Landsat 9 Is Set for Liftoff via NASA https://t.co/j62WEPmpxE https://t.co/wjIzMu3NdE
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 27, 2021
Today in History - September 27 https://t.co/lqd7sTBGkN
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 27, 2021
Quote of the Day: "The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 27, 2021
Wikipedia article of the day is Transandinomys. https://t.co/bPKW3g9tRr
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 27, 2021
BoundaryStones: In 1993, the Shotgun Stalker terrorized Columbia Heights: https://t.co/83MciNZoTO
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 26, 2021
StreetsOfDC: 1907 postcard of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, at 3rd and A St SE on Capitol Hill, constructed from 1888 to 1894 and designed by Baltimore architect Thomas Buckler Ghequier (1854-1910). Built of pressed red brick, black mortar, and Seneca sandstone, with terracot…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 26, 2021
Today in History - September 26 https://t.co/KTxfFdRUZt
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 26, 2021
Manton Reece - Murals : a mural-a-day in Austin TX. https://t.co/0meAdOLKMh
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 26, 2021
Quote of the Day: "Let your mind alone, and see what happens." - Virgil Thomson
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 26, 2021