Presidents Day Weekend Roundup, Feb. 16 – 20

February 16, 2023

Happy Presidents’ Day weekend! There are lots of ways to honor our presidents this weekend, including events at Mount Vernon and The National Portrait Gallery. There’s also a fun show […]

A Ride Aboard the ‘Georgetown Heritage’  

August 11, 2022

At Lock 3 in Georgetown, on a recent sunny Friday afternoon, lines form near the ticketing kiosk along the towpath near 30th and Thomas Jefferson Streets NW. Eager ticket-holders soon […]

The Life of Georgetown From 1620 to 2020, Part 2

December 28, 2020

In the hope of keeping the challenges of 2020, the year now ending, in perspective, here is the second of three looks into Georgetown’s past.