BoundaryStones: #DidYouKnow that the real-life Smokey the Bear at the National Zoo had his own zip code (20252) and later received a membership card from the National Association of Retired Federal Employees? https://t.co/FZoAIMA9Yf #DCHistory #DidYouKnow that the real-life …
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BoundaryStones: Actress Helen Hayes wasn't just the "First Lady of American Theatre." She also used her fame and position as Vice President of Actors' Equity to advocate for the desegregation of the National Theatre. https://t.co/xEOTXy9jcN #DCHistory Actress Helen Hayes was…
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BoundaryStones: When a corpse's skull is separated from the rest of the remains, things get tricky. It would take a little while for the skull of 19th century would-be assassin Lewis Powell to find its final resting place. https://t.co/ACQeHNspeh #DCHistory When a corpse's s…
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StreetsOfDC: In 1960, noted architect Philip Johnson designed this striking Gothic-inspired church as well as a new monastery building for St. Anselm’s Abbey, at 14th St and South Dakota Ave NE. The monastery was constructed from 1962-63; however, the church was never built.…
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Today in History - October 10 https://t.co/4pbKI8gFYN On October 10, 1850, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal was completed and opened for business along its entire 184.5-mile length from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland. Continue reading. On October 10, 1845, fifty midsh…
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Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge. https://t.co/p2A3576M5m
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Quote of the Day: "To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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