Following a 12 year stint in the DMV as the director of the Marine Corps Band, John Philip Sousa left the District to go to Chicago to lead a new military band, titled “Sousa’s Band.” Washingtonians were devastated but still sent Sousa off with a bang! https://t.co/EhCeQ152ul …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Jul 30, 2022
Detail from a 19th century stereoview photo of the old Patent Office Building, now the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum, on F Street NW. Seventh Street crosses in the foreground. The Old Post Office (now Hotel Monaco) is out of frame to the left. …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Jul 30, 2022
How did a 1938 conversation between FDR and Henry Ford go at the White House? No one knows. Before and after the meeting, both Ford and representatives of the administration declined to comment on the monumental rendezvous of government and industry. https://t.co/yzDtKoUyM5 …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Jul 30, 2022
Today in History - July 30 https://t.co/HULpEtIhRw On July 30, 1932, United States Vice President Charles Curtis declared, "I proclaim open the Olympic Games of Los Angeles, celebrating the tenth Olympiad of the modern era." Continue reading. Automobile manufacturer Henry…
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Circa 1910 postcard of the Genl Philip Sheridan statue on Sheridan Circle. Sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, it was erected in 1908. In the background is the Jospeh Beale House at 2301 Mass Ave NW, designed by Glenn Brown and built in 1909, now the Egyptian ambassador's residence. …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Jul 29, 2022
Actress Helen Hayes did her part to desegregate the National Theater in DC by performing at an integrated theater in MD. After the run’s success, Hayes wrote an editorial in the Post proclaiming the city was ready for the end of segregation. https://t.co/xEOTXy9jcN Actress H…
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Zeta Ophiuchi: A Star With a Complicated Past via NASA https://t.co/B6fTcDTq1F https://t.co/ZwlAZMDLQ3
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