The Al Ash deli at New Hampshire Avenue and Farragut Street NW in Brightwood Park, was in business in the 1940s. @CapJewishMuseum https://t.co/8bV964LAsY The Al Ash deli at New Hampshire Avenue and Farragut Street NW in Brightwood Park, was in business in the 1940s. @CapJewish…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Feb 19, 2022
Theodore Roosevelt was a difficult personality to paint, and his restlessness didn't help either. But one painter captured Roosevelt so well that he vowed never to sit for another portrait again. #DCHistory https://t.co/IiG8hGiYy6 Theodore Roosevelt was a difficult personali…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Feb 19, 2022
Quote of the Day: "Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them." - Washington Irving
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Feb 19, 2022
Opinion | Friendship Heights has a chance to begin to rectify its racist past https://t.co/gVdiDDyFwV Opinion | Friendship Heights has a chance to begin to rectify its racist past https://t.co/gVdiDDyFwV — Streets of Washington (@StreetsOfDC) Feb 18, 2022
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Feb 18, 2022
“They’re coming to town. That’s all we know.” When farmers descended upon D.C. in 1979 to influence national agricultural policy, they made sure to bring their tractors with them... which turned out to be quite handy when a snowstorm hit. #DCHistory https://t.co/axdUfRJvgc “…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Feb 18, 2022
Few today would imagine that D.C.'s original National Aquarium was located in the basement of the Department of Commerce. #DCHistory https://t.co/5FVPvm5CkQ Few today would imagine that D.C.'s original National Aquarium was located in the basement of the Department of Commer…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Feb 18, 2022
Theodore Roosevelt loved hiking (perhaps more aptly described as running for the Bull Moose). Better yet, he loved hiking with one of his best friends, the French Ambassador—one of the few who could keep up with him. #DCHistory https://t.co/xSuR5KUWzK Theodore Roosevelt love…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Feb 18, 2022