David “Duke” Zeibert (1910–1997) opened Duke Zeibert's in 1950 in the LaSalle Building on the southwest corner of Connecticut Ave and L St NW. It became a Washington institution, in no small part due to Duke's commanding personality. https://t.co/86evQxM2yQ David “Duke” Zeiber…
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Today in History - July 31 https://t.co/wt6zN21Qjt On July 31, 1816, George H. Thomas was born in Southampton County, Virginia. Continue reading. Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, was inaugurated as president of Georgetown University on July 31, 1874. Continue reading. Click he…
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During WWI, DC resident and German sympathizer, Anton Dilger, orchestrated a series of biological warfare attacks on animals coming from the east coast of the U.S. to aid the Allies in the Great War. https://t.co/alfVKNH3D2 During WWI, DC resident and German sympathizer, Ant…
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What happened when WMAL tried to pull famous jazz DJ Felix Grant’s show “Album Sound” from the airwaves in 1979? Large-scale backlash ensued by Washingtonians with the station receiving some 700 letters and 200 phone calls in protest. https://t.co/fRKF2iYtlv What happened wh…
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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