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Social Scene: Bienvenue and Joyeux Noël with Ateliers Jacob
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Embassy Presents Dec. 7 Concert at St. John’s
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Weekend Roundup: D.C. Welcomes December with Festivities & Fun
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A Dino-Mite Holiday Blooms at the U.S. Botanic Garden
On The Hill: Senate Override of D.C. Criminal Code Anti-Climactic
• March 9, 2023
On Wednesday afternoon March 8, this Georgetowner Senior Correspondent drove with some excitement to the U.S. Senate to cover the big D.C. and national story that had seen breathless headlines […]
A Socially Distanced Emancipation Day
• April 16, 2020
The Compensated Emancipation Act was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on April 16, 1862, more than eight months before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, on Jan. 1, 1863.
D.C. Statehood Passes Committee: Now on to the House
• February 12, 2020
The bill, H.R.5803, introduced by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), is supported by 233 sponsors, a historic high number.
