The Smithsonian Folklife Festival of 1967 featured music, dancing, and much more, all under the Washington sun on the National Mall. Its success carries into today, with the festival being held annually. #DCHistory https://t.co/LLXquWU49c The Smithsonian Folklife Festival of…
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After years being left in disrepair, the restoration efforts at the Lincoln Theater were no small task. However, those determined to bring it back to life couldn’t be stopped. #DCHistory https://t.co/5ZbeYc5Or0 After years being left in disrepair, the restoration efforts at …
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Marian Campbell Gouvernuer’s New York background definitely influenced her first impressions of Washington D.C. back in 1845. She described the city at length in her memoir. #DCHistory https://t.co/9SuJSxDFly Marian Campbell Gouvernuer’s New York background definitely influe…
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Ned McLean had control of one of D.C.’s most power papers. His decision to cover up bribes led to his downfall, and the decimation of the Post’s reputation. #DCHistory https://t.co/jUmYXX5kT9 Ned McLean had control of one of D.C.’s most power papers. His decision to cover up…
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Melissa Belote was like many Virginia teens in 1972. Before her sophomore year, though, she had major summer plans: competing in the Olympics. #DCHistory #VAHistory https://t.co/0J8FeVhuaS Melissa Belote was like many Virginia teens in 1972. Before her sophomore year, though…
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#OTD in 1990, over 1,000 protestors came to D.C. to ensure the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Their protests showed the importance of the Act and its implementation throughout the U.S. #DCHistory https://t.co/dRBMW4HBXy #OTD in 1990, over 1,000 protestors ca…
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The 1918 Influenza epidemic hit D.C. so rapidly, there were shortages of both gravediggers and coffins. William Fowler, the District health officer, had to implement numerous plans to deal with the crisis. #DCHistory https://t.co/O94objat4j The 1918 Influenza epidemic hit D.…
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Auto-industry giant Henry Ford’s visit to the White House meant major news coverage right from the front door. Everyone involved was a bit disappointed afterwards, though. #DCHistory https://t.co/yzDtKoUyM5 Auto-industry giant Henry Ford’s visit to the White House meant majo…
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Jason Fagone | The San Francisco Chronicle | March 2nd, 2022 | 14,500 words
This is the definitive story of Hamid Hayat, a man wrongfully convicted of terrorism, sentenced to prison on his 25th birthday, and finally set free after 14 years behind bars. It is a profile, yes, but it is also a deep, unflinching examination of just how ugly and far-reaching Islamophobia became in America after the 9/11 attacks. True to form, author Jason Fagone — whose work was featured in our Best of 2021 collection — offers readers a master class in structure. When I read the closing anecdote, I said aloud, to no one in particular, “Damn.” —SD
Shannon Gormley | March 7th, 2022 | 15,807 words
“I say I’ll get them out. I mean this, too. But in Afghanistan whatever we meant turned to sand; what we did is the only trace we left behind. In time our actions, also, will be subsumed by the actions of others, like the wind moves tracks across a desert plain.” Shannon Gormley self-publishes a breathtaking narrative about her friend’s escape from Afghanistan as Kabul fell to the Taliban. Gormley weaves her own personal story of her time in the country, as well as the backstory of her friendship with Asghar, in this meditative piece. Through exquisite yet gripping writing, Gormley conveys the gravity of the situation on the ground as she calls on colleagues to help Asghar get his wife Zahra, his 4-month-old son Farhan, and himself to safety once they reach Kabul’s international airport. I read this slowly and steadily one evening, gasping at times. It’s a long read — even by Longreads standards! — but well worth the dive. —CLR
Nickole Brown | Orion Magazine | February 9th, 2022 | 2,348 words
In this deeply moving essay at Orion Magazine, Nickole Brown relates how routine dissociation and an inability to form memories helped her cope with childhood trauma. While dissociation protected Brown from memories of childhood abuse, it also left her unable to recall moments of beauty. In one instance, she struggles to remember an aggregation of monarch butterflies seen from a New York City high-rise not long after 9/11, a kind of random yet all-encompassing beauty that helps fend off despair amid the ongoing horrors of climate change and worldwide human suffering. After encountering the body of a vulture that died entangled in fishing line and willing her brain to remember the bird, Brown discovers that remembering is more important to survival than forgetting: “So what is it I need to learn well enough to recite by heart? Why work so hard to verify a cloudburst of butterflies migrating so long ago through the busiest part of one of the busiest cities on Earth? Why struggle to memorize a vulture who likely starved upside down? Because survival has to do with remembering what you most do not want to face. It has to do with not turning away, in believing your own testimony, in writing it down. We must keep remembering in case one day another needs that memory to survive.” —KS
Jason Kehe | Wired | March 9th, 2022 | 3,518 words
True story: When I started working here, the very first thing someone asked me was “What do you think of simulation theory?” What I said to him then is what I’m saying again now: I’ve always thought of it in the same way as the existence of life elsewhere in the universe. In other words, the idea that our reality is in fact some gargantuan digital illusion may sound nuts, but it’s nearly impossible for it not to be the case, even if that truth never touches our lives in a perceptible way. That also happens to be the perspective of Wired‘s Kehe, though he unspools it in delightfully loopy fashion in this essay that’s part provocation, part book review (of David Chalmers’ recent Reality+), and part excuse to play with language like a young Stephen Fry. There’s an argument in here, and an interesting one, but there’s also a real joy — which is seldom the case in tech criticism, or technophilosophy, or whatever you want to call that realm of rhetoric concerned with teasing out the implications that we’re all actually inside a video game. This is unlike anything else you’ll read this week, and it may just be the thing you remember most. —PR
Abe Streep | The New Yorker | March 7th, 2022 | 5,307 words
I found myself engrossed in Abe Streep’s account of a subculture I knew very little about — didn’t know existed, in fact — the world of the shed hunter. Initially, I suspected a shed hunter was someone who ambles into the woods to take a casual glance about to see if a deer antler caught their eye. I was wrong. Streep illuminates me with vivid descriptions of shedder social media stars, furious bidding wars, and the May hunt — which sounds more like an intense endurance race. At 6:00 a.m. on May 1st, public lands in Jackson are opened up to antler seekers, and Streep describes the ensuing mad scramble, where people “raced across the water and ascended into tawny meadows. One rider was bucked off his horse and injured himself. A teen-ager from Montana alleged that someone stole an antler he had spotted first.” This story made me consider both the foibles and ingenuity of the human race; it was fascinating to learn of the obsessions and livelihoods formed around a bone that another animal discards as waste. It is very human of us. —CW
Decades after being accused and convicted for the murder of a 13-year old girl, Leo Frank was given a pardon for failing to keep him safe from the mob that lynched him over the crime. #DCHistory #OTD https://t.co/bliJsiRhKJ Decades after being accused and convicted for the m…
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Hubble Views an Infant Star’s Outburst via NASA https://t.co/r4rDznK2MZ https://t.co/rAF1cKtZ1x
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Published in 1896, this lovely bird's eye view map shows the booming city of St. Louis, Missouri, a major stop for travel along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Zoom in on the details here: https://t.co/sB5n1KwBqd https://t.co/mL50sRUsjr Published in 1896, this lovely bir…
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Quote of the Day: "At times I think and at times I am." - Paul Valery
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Walking tours aren’t just for tourists! Join us on March 19 at 11 am for a two hour walking tour and see Mt. Vernon Square with new eyes: https://t.co/JcGkpJumg8 📷: an aerial view of today’s Mt. Vernon Square, c. 1938 (Aero Services photograph collection, AS 115). …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Mar 10, 2022
The Alexandria Naval Torpedo Station was responsible for creating thousands of munitions for World War II; the building’s current use is much, much different! #VAHistory https://t.co/8FKAgPRoNM The Alexandria Naval Torpedo Station was responsible for creating thousands of mu…
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The Seneca Sandstone Company triggered the Panic of 1873, causing major financial repercussions to thousands. Where does President Ulysses S. Grant fit into this story? #MDHistory https://t.co/026z0uTq1O The Seneca Sandstone Company triggered the Panic of 1873, causing major…
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This beautifully shaded map of Utah was made in 1878 and shows the extent of irrigable, timber, and pasture lands. Zoom in closer to see the details! Take a look here: https://t.co/I9Urn3M7rk https://t.co/8TUEQXTncT This beautifully shaded map of Utah was made in 1878 and sho…
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Walking tours aren’t just for tourists! Join us on March 19 at 11 am for a two hour walking tour and see Mt. Vernon Square with new eyes: https://t.co/JcGkpJLX7G 📷: an aerial view of today’s Mt. Vernon Square, c. 1938 (Aero Services photograph collection, AS 115). …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Mar 10, 2022
All Souls Unitarian Church, completed in 1924 at the intersection of 16th and Harvard St NW, designed by Henry R. Shepley, grandson of Henry Hobson Richardson. Hear more about 16th Street's most historic mansions and houses of worship TODAY at noon: https://t.co/dftk4NkCCo …
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It seems almost impossible to think that Jimi Hendrix was an ‘unknown’ artist. In 1968, he debuted in D.C. and quickly gained popularity with his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. #DCHistory https://t.co/hrVYVkG0z3 It seems almost impossible to think that Jimi Hendrix was a…
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For what would be part of a massive torch-carrying relay, the Olympic torch’s appearance in D.C. was definitely an event to watch during the summer of 1996. #DCHistory #MDHistory #VAHistory https://t.co/LHYBG37fST For what would be part of a massive torch-carrying relay, the…
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In 1977, over 150 people were held hostage throughout D.C., with 12 gunmen in charge of their fates. The standoff lasted for 38 hours, and the demands were steep. #DCHistory #OTD https://t.co/Iv7h2FZREr In 1977, over 150 people were held hostage throughout D.C., with 12 gunm…
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The Mormon Washington Chapel, completed in 1933 at the intersection of 16th St and Columbia Rd NW, designed by Don Carlos Young, Jr., grandson of Brigham Young. Hear more about historic 16th Street tomorrow, March 10, at noon: https://t.co/dftk4NkCCo https://t.co/PnIDIdgSNT T…
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📷: Women’s Club members make dinner together for the Moon festival (Chinatown, D.C.: A Photographic Journal exhibition papers, CHN 034. Courtesy, Chinese Community Church) https://t.co/AvIB2bBGR8 📷: Women’s Club members make dinner together for the Moon festival (Chinatown…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Mar 8, 2022
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Did you know the Women’s Club is the oldest active fellowship organization in the Chinese Community Church? Founded in 1947, the Women’s Club played an active role in church fundraising. What other women’s organizations impact your DC community…
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Engineering NASA’s Return to the Moon via NASA https://t.co/YjPJoGzKRO https://t.co/DICpwp6iZv
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Cherry blossom season in D.C. attracts thousands of tourists and locals alike to the Tidal Basin. Luckily for everyone, their journey here ended with success, and not dangerous insect infestations. #DCHistory https://t.co/QQRGf60qy7 Cherry blossom season in D.C. attracts tho…
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Dagmar Wilson (1916-2011), a Georgetown resident, founded Women Strike for Peace in 1961 to protest the nuclear arms race. Kennedy watched from the WH as thousands of women protested on the Washington Monument grounds. Matchbook from WSP DC headquarters at 1822 Mass Ave NW. …
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The Know-Nothing Party in 1857 hired street gang members to disrupt the election process in Washington D.C., and violence quickly unfolded across the city. #DCHistory https://t.co/wdPGsDvX0g The Know-Nothing Party in 1857 hired street gang members to disrupt the election pro…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Mar 7, 2022
“The most brilliant woman of her day. None outshone her.” Considered one of the ‘belles’ of Washington society, Kate Chase’s influence around the city could not be contained, even by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. #DCHistory https://t.co/Ggrt6WvOi8 “The most brilliant woman o…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Mar 7, 2022
After their hearing president resigned, the students of Gallaudet University were determined to see a deaf president in office, even if it meant protesting for over a week. #DCHistory #OTD https://t.co/0YiR3pdyRH After their hearing president resigned, the students of Gallau…
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Launching to Study Pulsating Aurora via NASA https://t.co/zXcxpigmiZ https://t.co/Evb2eqlUTr
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Wolf Trap National Park’s status as a cultural and green space venue has quite the history, and the workers completing construction even received tickets for events of their choice under the tight deadline to open. #DCHistory #VAHistory #MDHistory https://t.co/6JWfx4l6P1 Wol…
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Start off your week with a new blog post for #WomensHistoryMonth about Ellen Eliza Fitz, the inventor of a new type of globe mount for teaching students about the movements of the Earth and Sun! Read the post here: https://t.co/cmKCxs8gmf https://t.co/mtlQdPflsm Start off you…
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While today the town lies in ruins, Matildaville was to be a vibrant hub on an expansive trans-national trade route. What happened to this Virginia town, which was conceived by none other than George Washington? #DCHistory https://t.co/5PrwfNO5kD While today the town lies in…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Mar 6, 2022
Over the last half century, Marion Barry defined local politics in the District of Columbia more than any other individual. #DCHistory #MarionBarry https://t.co/RZaz18UkwD Over the last half century, Marion Barry defined local politics in the District of Columbia more than a…
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Today is former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry's birthday. Before his sensational mayoral career, Barry came to D.C. to found a chapter of SNCC, was an activist in local civil rights battles, and led a successful boycott of a bus company. #DCHistory #MarionBarry …
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While the 1964 Freedom Summer movement in Mississippi generally doesn't conjure up images of the nation’s capital, a handful of organizers had strong ties to D.C. Among them: Marion Barry. #DCHistory https://t.co/sLIatlQYFt While the 1964 Freedom Summer movement in Mississip…
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"In the future, the president of Gallaudet will always be deaf.” In 1988, students at Gallaudet University fought to have a deaf President and take control of their future. #DCHistory https://t.co/0YiR3pdyRH "In the future, the president of Gallaudet will always be deaf.” In…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Mar 6, 2022
On March 3, 1913, the Women's Suffrage march was held on Pennsylvania Avenue, a day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration. Seven years later, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was enacted, guaranteeing women the right to vote. Vintage postcard. https://t.co/ms87qJyrX9 On M…
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Today in History - March 6 https://t.co/5KLbcke2Ba Texans began fighting for independence from Mexico in 1835, and by December of that year, the small Texas army seized the garrison known as the Alamo. Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna recaptured the town on Marc…
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Quote of the Day: "The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe." - Gustave Flaubert
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