Profs & Pints DC: When Washington Burned

March 27, 2023

Profs and Pints DC presents: “When Washington Burned,” a detailed look at the devastating 1814 British attack on the Capitol, with Denver Brunsman, associate professor of history at George Washington […]

Mt. Zion-Female Union Band Society Cemeteries Commemorated on 215th Anniversary

February 21, 2023

At-large Council member Anita Bonds and others participated in a program hosted by Mount Zion-Female Union Band Society Historic Memorial Park, Inc. on Feb. 20. The commemoration linked Washington D.C.’s […]

Auction Block, Dec. 2022

December 7, 2022

A 1776 George Washington manuscript, Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” from a private collection, a rare U.S. Liberty Head coin that sold for twice its asking price, and a Picasso […]

Mapping Georgetown: On Saints, Souls and Cemeteries

October 31, 2022

We celebrate Halloween in Georgetown on this Eve of All Saints and All Souls Day. Many Georgetowners also celebrate or are familiar with Día de los Muertos (Day of the […]

American Masterpiece ‘Hamilton’ Alights at the Kennedy Center

August 18, 2022

For years, when we had special visitors at our New Jersey home, we’d drive toward the Lincoln Tunnel to go to Manhattan, but not before diverting to Weehawken as a […]

Lafayette Comes to Mount Vernon on Bastille Day

July 14, 2022

“We could not have chosen a better day than this Bastille Day, July 14, to pay tribute to the Marquis de Lafayette and his friendship with the American people,” said […]

Fourth of July Weekend Round Up, June 30 – July 4

June 30, 2022

Who else is as excited for this three-day Fourth of July weekend as we are? If you’re in town, you’re in luck. There are so many things to do! From […]

Mapping Georgetown: Tour Guides Capture Tudor Place Women’s History

April 11, 2022

Hot off the presses — Congratulations to our very own Tour Of Her Own (TOHO) tour guides on publishing “111 Places in Women’s History in Washington, D.C.”! We were delighted […]

Weekend Round Up, March 31 – April 3

March 31, 2022

Happy Friday! April Fools’! It’s unfortunately only Thursday but consider it a warning because tomorrow’s indeed April 1. For those who aren’t too foolish, so many great options await you […]

Catoctin Creek’s Balsamic Berry Old Fashioned

March 10, 2022

Whiskey and Virginia have been intertwined since the arrival of the first European settlers to the region. In 1607, colonists in Jamestown, Virginia, began distilling rye whisky. Our founding father, […]