The @NationalZoo wasn’t always the only place to see a monkey in DC! 🐒 Meet some of Washington’s most mischievous and musical primate residents: #DCHistory https://t.co/yrvS5QsafS The @NationalZoo wasn’t always the only place to see a monkey in DC! 🐒 Meet some of Washing…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 9, 2022
#DYK The oldest continuously operating airport in the world is located right in College Park?! ✈️@FieldofFirsts #MarylandHistory #VirginiaHistory https://t.co/iqivGUIQxC #DYK The oldest continuously operating airport in the world is located right in College Park?! ✈️@Fieldof…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 8, 2022
Where does the term “lobbyist” come from? Legend has it that it has something to do with a certain hotel lobby and President Ulysses S. Grant, but the term actually goes back a liiiiittle further than that: #DCHistory @WillardHotel https://t.co/KONCqLFKTO Where does the term…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 8, 2022
‘We could build ‘em overnight. Don’t laugh ... it’s been done.” Property developer William Levitt’s conveyor belt technique built DC’s early suburban homes—but not for everyone. #Marylandhistory @PrinceGeorgesMD https://t.co/yFOF8aPnED ‘We could build ‘em overnight. Don’t la…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 8, 2022
Vintage postcard from Sans Souci at 726 17th St NW. It opened in Jan 1963, just in time to gain patronage from the Kennedy administration. An immediate hit, it soon rivaling the Rive Gauche as a fashionable spot to meet and be seen. Closed in 1981. @OldTimeDC …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 8, 2022
Today in History - October 8 https://t.co/46CNQ266eF On Sunday, October 8, 1871, fire leveled a broad swath of Michigan and Wisconsin, including the cities of Peshtigo, Holland, Manistee, and Port Huron. Continue reading. On October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces fou…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 8, 2022
Would you believe it if I told you that the king of #spookyseason and infamous vagabond Edgar Allan Poe was almost a Washington fed?! #DCHistory #MarylandHistory https://t.co/i9FBB3Yfti Would you believe it if I told you that the king of #spookyseason and infamous vagabond E…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Oct 7, 2022