Due to a growing number of medical students but a lack of human bodies to dissect and learn from, professional grave robbers had plenty of work to do after the outbreak of the Civil War. https://t.co/JQRZxtgdNS #DCHistory Due to a growing number of medical students but a lac…
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Many young people involved in counterculture in the late 1960s and early '70s wondered what effect LSD would have on Richard Nixon, and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane almost got to find out. https://t.co/DlX0f7FcVp #DCHistory Many young people involved in counterculture i…
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1920s view of the mall and the Capitol from the Washington Monument. The large buildings encroaching on the mall are temporary offices left over from World War I, as are the twin smokestacks. https://t.co/xr0G2A7EIW 1920s view of the mall and the Capitol from the Washington Mo…
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Days after President Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre, one storeowner predicted that black fabric would be in high demand and acted accordingly. https://t.co/mZsuMdG1r6 #DCHistory Days after President Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre, one storeowner predicted that black …
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Today in History - October 30 https://t.co/QHUUI5nIS9 On October 30, 1735, John Adams--Revolutionary leader, Declaration of Independence signer, creator and theorist of constitutions, leading diplomat, first vice president, and second president of the United States--was born…
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Quote of the Day: "A smile is a curve that sets everything straight." - Phyllis Diller
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Traces of Clover Adams, a D.C. socialite in the late 19th century, can reportedly still be found in the city's Hay-Adams Hotel. https://t.co/i8Dq2iFK64 #DCHistory Traces of Clover Adams, a D.C. socialite in the late 19th century, can reportedly still be found in the city's H…
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This late 19th century map depicts the island of Taiwan. Take a closer look here: https://t.co/PVa9Nde43B https://t.co/eQKSYNR10Q This late 19th century map depicts the island of Taiwan. Take a closer look here: https://t.co/PVa9Nde43B https://t.co/eQKSYNR10Q — LOCMaps (@L…
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If you visit north Fairfax Street in Alexandria, you just might catch a glimpse of the ghosts of Charles Tennesson and Laura Schafer. https://t.co/dpHEihp0Kf #VAHistory If you visit north Fairfax Street in Alexandria, you just might catch a glimpse of the ghosts of Charles T…
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Visit the DC History Center and get 10% off when you visit the DC History Center Store, The Big Picture, and DC Hall of History exhibits! Items like these EWBA artist collective pieces are available exclusively in-person at the Carnegie. Come by and “Everything Will Be Aweso…
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When the Birchmere first established itself as a music venue, it focused on hiring bluegrass acts. https://t.co/vMq8vSNZTr #VAHistory When the Birchmere first established itself as a music venue, it focused on hiring bluegrass acts. https://t.co/vMq8vSNZTr #VAHistory — Bou…
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Kathryn Miles | Boston Magazine | October 22, 2021 | 3,758 words
Modern-day witchcraft is big business, and Salem, Massachusetts, is its epicenter. Witch-themed boutiques along Essex Street sell everything a 21st-century witch needs, from tarot card decks and spell kits to $300 custom wands. Stores like these cater not only to self-identifying witches and warlocks, but also Halloween tourists making their pilgrimage to the city each October and people claiming ancestral ties to Colonial settlers (or those accused as heretics in the 1692 trials). Kathryn Miles captures a festive, bustling local scene, but are shop owners simply commodifying a spiritual practice? And is there a better way for Salem to address and educate people about its ugly past? Miles’ own ancestral history is marked with a dark moment in 1660 — one that has left generations of her family to make sense of their legacy. She examines present-day Salem from this perspective, and asks: “Is a witch-based tourism economy the best way to honor the legacy of executed individuals who weren’t even witches in the first place?” With Halloween just days away, this Boston magazine story is a fitting read, and offers a glimpse into Salem’s lively community — as well as the past that it grapples with. —CLR
Briohny Doyle | The Griffith Review | October 24, 2021 | 3,500 words
“Aftermath” begins and ends with scenes set on water — an oyster farm on a lake, a rental house on a bay. These fluid bookends are apt for an essay that ruminates on the illusion of before and after that we all lean on to cope with uncertainty. Whether we’re responding to COVID-19, climate change, or personal grief — all of which come to bear in Briohny Doyle’s gorgeous essay — humans tend to yearn for the way things were or the way they might be, for an idealized past or dreamed-of future, for “fixed points” and “the simplicity of distance.” Doyle challenges readers, and herself, to instead bear witness to accrual and to care for ourselves in the context of the ongoing. “Fragile life,” Doyle writes. “All we have to work with. At least as precious as it is unimportant.” We must protect ourselves, she continues, from becoming “food for bad ideas.” I couldn’t help but think of a line in King Lear: “Ripeness is all.” When you’re reminded of Shakespeare, you know you’re reading something special. —SD
Taran Khan | LitHub | October 21, 2021 | 2,667 words
Taran Khan writes of friends and acquaintances betrayed by the donor agencies and NGOs who ghosted longtime Afghan employees pleading for help to flee Taliban rule after the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August. Many Afghans now fear the Taliban’s retribution for collaborating with the agencies who left them behind, texts and email pleas unanswered. “My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over,” declared President Biden on television. Those the U.S. government and NGOs abandoned in their hasty retreat now face new and more insidious dangers. Khan writes: “My grandmother, who had grown up in northern India in a home marked by rigid gender segregation, told me how she used to listen to the poets who frequented the male quarters of her house through cracks in the wall. In the days after the Taliban’s takeover, I listened to Kabul through cracks in the silence that descended on the city. In the voices of friends I could reach on the phone, and behind their fear and their laughter, their assurances and their hesitating requests, I heard the streets and the soundtrack of the city’s everyday life, away from the transient media glare.” —KS
Stephen J. Lyons | The Sun Magazine | October 1, 2021 | 1,672 words
A certain swath of people can relate to being a child left in a vehicle while dad drinks beer in the dim, smoky interior of a local pub. (This didn’t happen to me, though my best friend said she taught herself dozens of yo-yo tricks during those long afternoons.) At The Sun Magazine, Stephen J. Lyons recounts waiting for his beloved blue-collar, stogie-smoking grandpa to emerge from the bar. Lyons witnesses his usually quiet grandpa change after a few pub stops. As the truck speeds over ridges and around curves in rural Iowa, grudges and grievances bubble to the surface, sucked out the window of the rusty pick-up truck as his grandpa spits and mutters about wrongs and injustices. The love and loyalty Lyons feels for his grandpa reminded me of my own childhood, times when my dad was not ok to drive but did so anyway after late nights at relatives’ places across town, times when adult hubris (I’m fine!) and the need to blow off steam from another week at a dirty, unsatisfying job outweighed better judgement. This piece reminds me that we all fail one another from time to time, knowingly and unknowingly. And that perhaps because of that failure, we need love and grace all the more. —KS
Adam Rogers | Wired | October 26, 2021 | 4,348 words
Neal Stephenson isn’t the sort of writer you profile. He’s the sort of writer you think about profiling, sure, but he’s not going to invite you into his life or discuss the vagaries of craft or unburden himself of his deep-seated fears. What he’s going to do, instead, is write. That’s what he’s done since 1984 — big ol’ books that tend to huddle together under the “science fiction” umbrella but are as urgent as they are speculative. His latest, Terminal Shock, might be the most urgent yet, attempting to envision what would happen if people actually tried a theoretical process called solar geoengineering to cool off the planet. So if you’re going to profile Neal Stephenson, you’re going to need to figure out his whys and his hows, not his whos and his whats. Good thing, then, that the person doing the profiling happens to be one of the few journalists around as well-versed in genre fiction as they are in climate change. Rogers, an accomplished science journalist, aims his entire arsenal at making this a piece about the science of imagination — about how not to give up on the (admittedly bleak) future, how to turn real science into real hope, and what it means for someone as lauded and prolific as Stephenson to continue pushing us to team up and just figure this damn thing out already. —PR
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Scottish author I. Rankin proposed R.L. Stevenson used the home of famous surgeon, John Hunter, as the model for Dr. Jeckyll’s home in London. Dr. Hunter lived in Leicester Square, marked in green on this 1860 map of London. #MappyHalloween Zoom in here: https://t.co/rLReXeQPxt…
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Today in History - October 29 https://t.co/aTvTK0R33i African-American folk artist Harriet Powers, nationally recognized for her quilts, was born in rural Georgia on October 29, 1837. Continue reading. On October 29, 1855, recent German immigrant Carl Schurz wrote his wife,…
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Quote of the Day: "I think; therefore I am." - Rene Descartes
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#DidYouKnow the process of designing the Korean War Veterans Memorial took almost as long as the war itself? https://t.co/6HMR1Zizp8 #DCHistory #DidYouKnow the process of designing the Korean War Veterans Memorial took almost as long as the war itself? …
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Have a look at this beautiful birds-eye view depiction of Yellowstone National Park from 1904. The map was issued by the Northern Pacific Railroad which operated routes from Minnesota to Washington State. Explore the map here: https://t.co/YIK4qkG5NZ https://t.co/UN0bY07CgW H…
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The White House may be one of D.C.'s most iconic landmarks, but it wasn't grand enough for Abigail Adams. https://t.co/qhFDeU4AJv #DCHistory The White House may be one of D.C.'s most iconic landmarks, but it wasn't grand enough for Abigail Adams. https://t.co/qhFDeU4AJv #DC…
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Quote of the Day: "Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons." - R. Buckminster Fuller
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On December 5, 1933, Americans all across the country were celebrating the end of Prohibition. Only one city was left out: #WashingtonDC https://t.co/HeWDXpF1xS On December 5, 1933, Americans all across the country were celebrating the end of Prohibition. Only one city was l…
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Gamma Ray Ghouls! via NASA https://t.co/Osn6jIMxQm https://t.co/jIftcRiXCX
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For you Instagrammers, we are now active on that site since desktop access is now provided: https://t.co/YBxtV7PlGA For you Instagrammers, we are now active on that site since desktop access is now provided: https://t.co/YBxtV7PlGA — Streets of Washington (@StreetsOfDC) Oct …
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1960s postcard view of the dining room at Chin's, a Chinese-American restaurant, located at 2614 Connecticut Ave NW in Woodley Park. The eatery stayed in business until about 1990, when it was replaced by the Panda Gourmet. @chineseeateries https://t.co/Imt6wX31Tr 1960s postca…
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Zombies were introduced to Western pop culture in W. Seabrook's 1929 book The Magic Island, which details his observations of the walking dead while in Haiti. The notes on this 1906 map could’ve been helpful to plan his trip! #MappyHalloween Map here: https://t.co/NuCzpZttSm …
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Today in History - October 28 https://t.co/6mPqi07I5o October 28, 1875 marks the birth date of Gilbert H. Grosvenor, the editor credited with transforming National Geographic Magazine from a small scholarly journal into a dynamic world-renowned monthly. Continue reading. O…
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By Peter Rubin
If you were a pot-smoking teenager in the ’90s, chances are you heard the same urban legend I did. Marlboro’s just waiting for weed to be legalized, man. They’ve got the tobacco fields ready to repurpose; they’ll even use their green menthol pack when they start selling joints. Someone’s sister knew a guy whose college professor had seen the mockups! What’s weird about this particular wish-fulfillment conversation isn’t how dumb it was; it’s that even a stoned 16-year-old could grok the conflict brewing in the fantasy. Sure, the idea of walking into a store to buy a spliff seemed so far-fetched that imagining it was akin to arguing about who would win a fight between Batman and Boba Fett. But if that day ever did come, we sensed, it would become a commercial battlefield.
Surprise: that’s exactly what happened. After California allowed medicinal use of marijuana in 1996 — and then truly after 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize cannabis for recreational use — a new industry sprouted. The “green rush,” as it immediately became known, wasn’t just a financial opportunity; it nurtured the best and worst that U.S. capitalism had to offer. For every underdog, a huckster; for every scrappy botanist, a shadowy billion-dollar concern; for every newly minted entrepreneur, a stinging reminder that even legal cannabis has a way of perpetuating inequities. Whether or not the devil’s lettuce ever becomes legalized at a federal level (and Marlboro finally gets involved), the journalism compiled below makes clear that the stories of post-legalization America are in many ways the stories of the nation itself.
Few journalists have been covering the weed beat longer or better than Lewis; she’s knowledgeable, well-sourced, and has reported on everything from how Black entrepreneurs have been shut out of the cannabis boom to how the company Weedmaps has cultivated a booming business with a selective attention to legality. But my favorite work of hers might just be this feverish jaunt down the rabbit hole of BioTech Institute, a company that reportedly struck fear into the heart of the industry by trying to issue utility patents on the cannabis plant itself. Sounds dry? Not when it feels like the plot of a noir movie, with Lewis as the dogged detective:
Outside of these patents, BioTech Institute barely exists. The company has no website, manufactures no products, and owns no pot shops. Public records for BioTech Institute turned up two Los Angeles addresses—a leafy office park an hour northwest of downtown and a suite in a Westside skyscraper—both of which led to lawyers who didn’t want to talk.
A source familiar with BioTech Institute’s patenting process estimated that the company had spent at least $250,000 in research and legal fees on each of its patents. I knew that if I could figure out who was paying for the patents, I might learn who held the keys to the future of the marijuana industry. But I hardly knew where to start.
There’s no definitive aha twist in this movie — no moment that the camera skews to a Dutch angle and the violins screech in the score — but its shagginess is kind of the point. Watching a reporter follow bum leads, spool out her own thinking, and otherwise externalize her shoeleather fact-finding turns this from a Shadowy Conspiracy saga to something somehow far more satisfying: a process story.
In November 2020, Indianapolis Monthly ran a small item on Rebecca Raffle, a woman who had moved to town and opened two CBD bakeries in the city. A few fact-checking bumps aside, the piece was uneventful, the kind of local-business profile that pops up in two dozen city magazines every month of the year. But as 2020 turned into 2021, those fact-checking bumps turned out to be the first in a long saga of upheaval and deception, exhaustively recounted here by a team of journalists that would expose Raffle’s business talk for what it truly was: talk.
None of this seemed in line with the chill entrepreneur with the bubbly personality and perpetual ear-to-ear smile. A gay, Jewish, California-transplanted working mom, Raffle conveyed an endearing underdog quality and a compelling girl-boss backstory. A lot of people bought right into it.
We bought right into it.
Self-mythologizing is nothing new; people often believe what you tell them, and many a business owner has scraped through the lean times by acting as though their aspirations are already reality. But the meta-wrinkle in this particular story — the writers grappling throughout with the role they and their magazine played in elevating this particular mythologist — makes “Half Baked” much more than an exercise in grifter-gets-caught schadenfreude. Whether Raffle’s a Fyre Fest-level charlatan or just a woman whose ambitions outpaced her expertise, you won’t get to the end without a hefty sense of emotional conflict.
Once upon a time, weed strains were like broadcast TV networks: there weren’t many, and everyone knew all of them. But nothing Acapulco Gold can stay. These days, Maui Wowie and Panama Red have given way to Blueberry Kush, F-13, Azure Haze, and a seemingly infinite repository of other strains — and a great many of them, it turns out, originated with a press-shy breeder from Oregon named DJ Short. In this shining gem of a ridealong feature, Jason Fagone connects with Short at what might just be the apotheosis of his long and accomplished career: the first Seattle Hempfest held after Washington legalized recreational cannabis.
“DJ Short’s here!” said a large man in a tie-dyed tank top. He was sitting next to Short on the dais at Hempfest. His name card said STINKBUD. “I was growin’ his Blueberry back in the ’80s,” Stinkbud said. “One of the most famous guys in the entire world! DJ Short! This guy’s a legend.”
The panel’s moderator, a Canadian researcher, said, “I’ve been moderating this panel for seven or eight years. I’ve never seen Stinkbud so humbled.”
It’s not all stoner sycophancy, though. Fagone portrays Short as a man who knows how much he’s contributed to the current state of the cannabis world — and yet finds himself unable to stop that world from roaring by, leaving him behind in its rush to monetize his lifelong passion. Whimsical headline aside, there’s a real melancholy lurking here, even as Short accepts his laurels. A portrait of the artist as a forgotten craftsman.
A 2020 study by the ACLU found that in the U.S., Black Americans are 3.64 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession. That same year, 94% of those arrested for cannabis offenses in New York City were people of color. Clearly, legalization has not alleviated the disproportionate burden that low-level drug enforcement has historically placed on the Black community, nor has it prevented Black entrepreneurs from getting shut out of the space. That’s why, in California, a number of cities have attempted to enact cannabis equity, reserving up to half of their marijuana business permits for those living under the median income line or who have a previous cannabis conviction — and in this piece, Alexander chronicles how Oakland’s equity program can set a model for others.
No state has a relationship dynamic remotely like the one between California and marijuana. We officially consume 2.5 million pounds of the drug each year, more than any other state. California produces more than 13 million pounds annually. This means that, even before dipping its toes into the uncharted waters of restorative justice, the legal weed market must contend with vast market and political forces.
Those forces culminated in a near-failure for Oakland’s program; while the city had set aside millions in no-interest funding for these startups, it was having a difficult time facilitating the necessary partnerships between white and Black applicants. The solutions — or people, as the best solutions tend to be — don’t provide much in the way of narrative tension, but they do offer a necessary perspective on what it’s really like trying to change the system in a fundamental way.
Legal or not, all the cannabis that enters the supply chain starts with the same thing: human labor. Trimmers, those who take scissors to plant to free the psychogenic flower, have long been the backbone of the industry. Yet, as the workforce swells and legalization drives prices down, the livelihood isn’t as dependable as it once was. A blend of reportage and the pseudonymous Hawks’ own experience — numerous trips from Canada to work California’s harvest season — makes his account of “scissor drifter” culture an urgent one.
In 2017, when Willow last went to work in California, trimmers were expected to buy and cook all their own food. There was one outhouse and an outdoor shower, and she slept in a tent. She was paid $150 (US) per pound. When she checked around, she discovered this was the new status quo. In fact, there were rumours of trimmers being paid as low as $100 per pound. Some trimmers will work in exchange for weed and are just happy to have a place to stay and be fed. Every year, there’s a new crop of trimmigrants with lower and lower expectations. Unfortunately for Willow, the harvest was subpar, and she struggled to finish a pound per day. She left after two weeks, staying just long enough to recuperate her costs. A poor crop can make any situation intolerable.
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Marriages, births, and deaths made February 14th a significant date over the years for Teddy Roosevelt and his family. https://t.co/j23RL5aZr1 #DCHistory Marriages, births, and deaths made February 14th a significant date over the years for Teddy Roosevelt and his family. …
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What the Museum of 2020 May Look Like https://t.co/Vj5Ou4mfFC via @curbed
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‘Damn, this is a Caravaggio!’: the inside story of an old master found in Spain https://t.co/WDrTiU5ggR
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Why it took us thousands of years to see the colour violet – https://t.co/zNFVEdMvjL via @psyche_the_mag
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The Soap Bubble Trope https://t.co/hSVFg7TCAn via @JSTOR_Daily
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How to figure out what to build from a pile of Lego, using your iPhone https://t.co/xIrktCXiQO
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Download 1,000 Japanese Woodblock Prints by Edo-Era Master Hiroshige https://t.co/wTFHeyRm5N via @mymodernmet
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First full image of ‘new’ Vermeer with uncovered Cupid released by Dresden museum: https://t.co/bQ9wv5BzwH
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LOCMaps: This lovely hand colored map depicts Tennessee as it was nearly 100 years ago! Check it out: https://t.co/nxMGmVB5Xg https://t.co/Vfd7UVKcLA This lovely hand colored map depicts Tennessee as it was nearly 100 years ago! Check it out: https://t.co/nxMGmVB5Xg …
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BoundaryStones: Before U Street's Lincoln Theatre reopened in 1994, the venue underwent extensive restorations, costing the city $9 million. https://t.co/5ZbeYc5Or0 #DCHistory Before U Street's Lincoln Theatre reopened in 1994, the venue underwent extensive restorations, cos…
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BoundaryStones: In an attempt to take control of the USS Pawnee during the Civil War, Richard Thomas Zarvona disguised himself as a French lady. https://t.co/AZ4quGPG4E #DCHistory #MDHistory #VAHistory In an attempt to take control of the USS Pawnee during the Civil War, Ric…
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Our Sun as a Glowing Pumpkin via NASA https://t.co/xY39teFDx3 https://t.co/VW3hIWEgxj
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Today in History - October 27 https://t.co/hL7LtAlwwD The first in a series of eighty-five essays by "Publius," the pen name for Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, appeared in the Independent Journal, a New York newspaper, on October 27, 1787. Continue reading…
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Quote of the Day: "Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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DCHistory: Never Mind the Sex Pistols, Here’s the Teen Idles! Learn about the DC punk scene and more in the fall issue of Washington History magazine, coming out in November. You can get this issue and other benefits by clicking here: https://t.co/23ZqvUQAMG 📷: Courtesy, Di…
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BoundaryStones: In the late 1970s, a New York prison escapee made a run for the D.C. area and became a serial burglar. His downfall came unexpectedly when a doctor struck him with his car. https://t.co/WfL5WNUHvA #DCHistory #MDHistory #VAHistory In the late 1970s, a New York…
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StreetsOfDC: I don't really think the Willard's history is "sordid," but there are still some good historical tidbits in this story- https://t.co/9mnvbkZsYp I don't really think the Willard's history is "sordid," but there are still some good historical tidbits in this story…
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LOCMaps: This map depicts an absolute picturesque view of Beijing in 1888. In the center, overlooking a lake, you’ll find the Summer Palace which was used as an imperial garden during the Qing dynasty. Get a better look: https://t.co/c7Fl6uM9An https://t.co/P82zlLSeXI This …
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BoundaryStones: During a 1942 performance at Griffith Stadium, upset fans caused quite a commotion when they could barely hear the music played by Louis Armstrong and Charlie Barnet. https://t.co/34wu2MPkK8 #DCHistory During a 1942 performance at Griffith Stadium, upset fans…
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A Sample of Asteroid Ryugu via NASA https://t.co/2eJ0EoKG1L https://t.co/puVxSOA6hD
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Meet Nelson Poynter’s overlooked partner: Henrietta Poynter – Poynter https://t.co/ltfhprS9bw
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StreetsOfDC: Scientific reclamation: How the iconic Jefferson Memorial was restored https://t.co/SIFmUXjmj6 Scientific reclamation: How the iconic Jefferson Memorial was restored https://t.co/SIFmUXjmj6 — Streets of Washington (@StreetsOfDC) Oct 26, 2021
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Today in History - October 26 https://t.co/mLd912tqYQ The Erie Canal opened on October 26, 1825. Continue reading. Mahalia Jackson, the "Queen of Gospel Song," was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 26, 1911. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in Histor…
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StreetsOfDC: The former A/C Electric Company building at 15 Kennedy Street NW is now part of the Roots Charter School. https://t.co/VwsDRnpRAE The former A/C Electric Company building at 15 Kennedy Street NW is now part of the Roots Charter School. https://t.co/VwsDRnpRAE …
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Quote of the Day: "There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker." - Charles M. Schulz
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BoundaryStones: Based on a design by George Washington and realized by Robert E. Lee's father, Matildaville was a town built on the banks of the Great Falls Basin. You can even still see some of its ruins today. https://t.co/KlNbZbMxuE #VAHistory Based on a design by George …
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LOCMaps: Have a look at this map which depicts part of the platform for each candidate in the 1888 presidential election. Incumbent President Grover Cleveland ran against Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison. Explore the map here: https://t.co/F6Si4NVbsU …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 25, 2021
BoundaryStones: "Peacock Room" and other paintings by James McNeill Whistler weren't always housed at the Freer Gallery of Art. In fact, they got there with the help of President Theodore Roosevelt. https://t.co/cPYBmhfNlj #DCHistory "Peacock Room" and other paintings by Jam…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 25, 2021
BoundaryStones: From robbing grocery stores to hijacking an airplane, Charles Tuller and his two sons were an international threat in the 1970s. https://t.co/Ewq51cG1Dx #DCHistory #VAHistory From robbing grocery stores to hijacking an airplane, Charles Tuller and his two son…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 25, 2021
The Force Awakens in a Newborn Star via NASA https://t.co/8a94E0kZix https://t.co/m1APHZQDti
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 25, 2021
LOCMaps: Many believe B. Stoker’s character Dracula was based on Vlad III, Prince of Walachia. This 16th c. map shows the lands where he thrived! Dracula never left home without soil from these native lands, which he needed to regenerate. #MappyHalloween View map: …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 25, 2021
LOCMaps: It is almost Halloween We want to celebrate by sharing some spookily cool maps so join us this week for a #MappyHalloween! It is almost Halloween We want to celebrate by sharing some spookily cool maps so join us this week for a #MappyHalloween! — LOCMaps (@LOCMaps)…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 25, 2021
Today in History - October 25 https://t.co/oSdteCYBvl On October 25, 1764, Abigail Smith married a young lawyer from Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, by the name of John Adams. Continue reading. The naturalist-physician, Georg Wilhelm Steller, wrote about his first e…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 25, 2021
Quote of the Day: "The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 25, 2021
Two Jan. 6 Planners Cooperate With Committee, Name MAGA Congress Members - Rolling Stone https://t.co/QZuiaqkO8Q
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 25, 2021
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— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 25, 2021
BoundaryStones: Swami Premananda, founder of the Golden Lotus Temple of the Self-Realization Fellowship, met J.D. Salinger and his wife in the spring of 1955 when the couple came to him searching for spiritual enlightenment. https://t.co/aSwnkdMtsd #DCHistory Swami Premanand…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 24, 2021
BoundaryStones: #DidYouKnow that Brooklyn Dodgers star Jackie Robinson was once testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee? https://t.co/mnDB5kvuzt #DCHistory #DidYouKnow that Brooklyn Dodgers star Jackie Robinson was once testified before the House Un-Ameri…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 24, 2021
StreetsOfDC: The Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church at 4th and C St NW, finished in 1869. The extraordinary, needle-like spire was added in 1871 and would remain visible across the city for many decades. In 1930 the church was sold to the DC government and torn down for …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 24, 2021
BoundaryStones: Former railroad brakeman George Cassiday saw a moneymaking opportunity once Prohibition went into effect in #WashingtonDC https://t.co/dBAW4HTw32 Former railroad brakeman George Cassiday saw a moneymaking opportunity once Prohibition went into effect in #Wash…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 24, 2021
The Price of an Evangelical Christian Soul https://t.co/ec2hEA5A7o
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 24, 2021
Today in History - October 24 https://t.co/Nyp7uXk385 On October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph system was completed by Western Union, making it possible to transmit messages rapidly from coast to coast. Continue reading. The United Nations (UN) Charter was…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 24, 2021
I’m a Florida school board member. This is how protesters come after me. - The Washington Post https://t.co/GcdU8EcHiL
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 24, 2021
Quote of the Day: "The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter." - Mark Twain
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 24, 2021
