DC History

When documentary filmmaker Cintia Cabib was showcasing two films at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.’s 2014 conference on local history, she spotted an intriguing painting of the corner of Rhode Island Avenue and 3rd Street NW…

Margie Clarke — one of four DC teenagers who formed the R&B girl group The Jewels in 1961 — had her biggest recording success three years later when their song “Opportunity” rose to No. 64 on the Billboard Hot 100. A petite woman who…

Renovations to the boarded-up Chesapeake House — a historic but empty building in the southwest corner of Tenleytown’s Fort Reno Park — should be completed by 2020, National Park Service officials told community members at a recent meeting…

For DC tour guides accustomed to sharing details about the White House, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial with visitors to the nation’s capital without much knowledge of local DC and its history, Cultural Tourism DC’s annual…

It’s been nearly 15 years since baseball returned to Washington, and even if you’ve never set foot inside Nationals Park, you’ve probably seen the ubiquitous red W caps all over Metro on a warm spring night. That sartorial development is…