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One word says it all — Watergate.
It triggers the memories of some of the lowest points in American politics and the Oval Office.
The burglary of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office; the bugging of DNC headquarters; the arrest of five men at Watergate; the attempted cover-up; Woodward and Bernstein; the “plumbers”; Deep Throat; G. Gordon Liddy; a little old country […]
With the Presidential election heating up, it’s sad that only 60% of registered voters actually cast a ballot in Presidential elections. Women voters outnumbered men voters for the first time in a Presidential election in 1984 (Reagan-Mondale).
American women, up until a couple generations ago, had to fight to get the right to vote. The 19th Amendment, […]
Remember my posts about Judge Roy “frivolous lawsuit” Pearson? The now infamous DC Administrative Judge that filed a $76 million law suit against a DC dry cleaners for losing his pants? Well, he lost more than just his pants.
After the pants in question came up missing when he tried to pick them up at the […]
Across the street from Lafayette Park on H Street is the Stephen Decatur House, the former home one of American’s most famous naval heroes and the last private residence on Lafayette Square. It’s also one of DC’s oldest surviving homes, dating back to 1818.
Decatur served as a U.S. naval officer and held several important commands […]
While recently driving, I noticed one of the many historical markers along so many of the area’s roads. These markers are all over the place, marking Revolutionary War battles, Civil War battlefields, the sited of historical events and buildings as well as other historical places. But on this one, three words caught my eye - Nike Missile […]
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial and masonic lodge on Shuter’s Hill in Alexandria, Virginia was completed in 1932 as a memorial to George Washington, who was also a Freemason.
The Masons or Freemasons origin and history is a bit cloudy as is the entire organization. Today, it’s a private fraternal organization with guarded secrets and rituals, that […]
The Examiner reported yesterday that the District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles planning to eliminate allowing drivers to fight DC parking tickets in-person.
Last year, over 54,000 (4%) of the 1.5 million tickets issued were contested in-person. Tickets will only be able to be fought by mail or e-mail.
The DMV also plans […]
While it seems a live presidential debate had been happening more often than reruns of this season’s Top Chef, the first-ever televised U.S. Presidential candidate debates were held in 1960.
The first debate, between Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon was held in the Democratic stronghold of Mayor Richard […]
…no, the Old Executive Office Building, or is it the Eisenhower Executive Office Building?
Regardless what you call it, people either love it or hate it; due to its very unique and as some people think, totally out of place architectural style.
The exterior, with its 900 columns, and 1,500+ windows is Second Empire Style, an architectural style […]
In some sad news from a couple weeks ago, the 13th-century copy of the Magna Carta, which has been on display at the National Archives for over 20 years was quickly removed from public display just three days after its owner, the Perot Foundation, announced that it would sell the rare document at a […]
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