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First FBA History Project GWU Interns Build History Map!
By Frank LeoneSince Denise Vogt and I founded the Foggy Bottom Association’s History Project in 2021, we have included George Washington University and its students in our endeavors. Thanks to a very ...
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September 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Yay #GWU interns! www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/first-f...
One story of vandalism perpetrated by Trump/Musk on our government.
Funkstown: Foggy Bottom’s U.S. Institute of Peace under Attack
By Frank LeoneThe large building with the graceful, dove-like roof that welcomes you to D.C. is the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2301 Constitution Avenue). Founded in 1984, the USIP is a C...
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July 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
One story of vandalism perpetrated by Trump/Musk on our government.
Colbert King to Retire
Foggy Bottom’s Colbert King to Retire from Washington Post
By Frank LeonePulitzer Prize winning Washington Post columnist Colbert King announced on June 21 that he would retire in September 2025. Mr. King’s columns on the District of Columbia, politics, and c...
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July 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Colbert King to Retire
Scan Your History!
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DC History Center Offers Free Document Scanning
From the DC History Center: “To help its community digitize important memories and histories, the DC History Center is now offering scanning appointments through the Kiplinger Research Library. This n...
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June 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Scan Your History!
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Ever wonder about that block of reg brick rowhouses on Washington Circle? www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funksto...
Funkstown – Still There - the Schneider Triangle on Washington Circle
By Frank LeoneYou may have noticed that northeast of Washington Circle is a triangular block of impressive dark red brick rowhouses. The entire block was designed by Thomas F. Schneider, one of Washin...
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June 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Ever wonder about that block of reg brick rowhouses on Washington Circle? www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funksto...
A closer look at DC alley housing through now gone Green's Court and featuring Eleonor Roosevelt (again). www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funksto...
Funkstown: Green’s Court – They Wanted Housing, They Got Highways
By Frank LeoneOn October 26, 1939, John Ihlder, Executive Director of Washington, D.C.’s Alley Dwelling Authority, spoke to the Briggs-Montgomery Elementary Parent-Teachers Association about the “Reho...
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June 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A closer look at DC alley housing through now gone Green's Court and featuring Eleonor Roosevelt (again). www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funksto...
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DC Might Be Getting a Watergate Museum
Some big names are endorsing the project.
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May 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Foggy Bottom: Colbert King, One Step Down, Washington Post, Sophie the Cat and Beagles. www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funksto...
Funkstown - History News, Notes, and Events!
By Frank LeoneColbert King on Community Displacement and Renewal - Washington Post Pulitzer-Prize columnist and former West End resident Colbert King recently spoke to the West End Citizens’ Associati...
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May 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Foggy Bottom: Colbert King, One Step Down, Washington Post, Sophie the Cat and Beagles. www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funksto...
Great post!
April 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Great post!
The #OAS still stands tall www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funksto...
Funkstown: Foggy Bottom’s OAS Building – The House of the Americas
By Frank LeoneThe Organization of American States building is one of Foggy Bottom’s (and D.C.’s) most beautiful buildings. It symbolizes the pioneering international body whose motto is “More Rights...
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April 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The #OAS still stands tall www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funksto...
The DC #WestEnd before Tatte www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/in-a-ti...
In a Time Before a Tatte Cafe
By Denise VogtThe West End. In the early days of spring, imagine a time before K Street was lined with vehicle traffic and trees bursting with spring blooms. In 1887, did anyone consider grabbing a co...
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April 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The DC #WestEnd before Tatte www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/in-a-ti...
Wonderful post article on #FoggyBottom www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
One of the District’s oldest neighborhood preserves, creates history
Where We Live | Residents of rowhouses, apartments, co-ops and dorms meld into a community
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April 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Wonderful post article on #FoggyBottom www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Had to leave Xitter, setting up here - #DCHistory www.foggybottomassociation.org/funkstown
Funkstown Blog | foggybottomdc
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April 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Had to leave Xitter, setting up here - #DCHistory www.foggybottomassociation.org/funkstown
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Great piece about our current sad predicament:
Column | The Smithsonian could be the beginning of Trump’s plan to edit history. Or the end.
The president may not like how the museum and research institution tells the American story — but Americans do.
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April 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Great piece about our current sad predicament:
Funkstown is delighted to have a special guest column from @emmaiwiley.bsky.social about Foggy Bottom's oldest and relocated houses www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/lenthal...
Lenthall Houses: A Moving History
A special guest column by Emma WileyFunkstown is happy to present a guest post by Emma Wiley. Emma is a public historian with a special interest in collaborating with communities to utilize their hist...
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April 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Funkstown is delighted to have a special guest column from @emmaiwiley.bsky.social about Foggy Bottom's oldest and relocated houses www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/lenthal...
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Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Oldest Houses, Once Removed
By Frank LeoneThe John Lenthall Houses, built circa 1800, are likely the oldest houses in Foggy Bottom. They were built on 19th Street, but George Washington University – in an amazing feat of enginee...
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April 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Foggy Bottom's Relocated Oldest Houses www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/funksto...
Check out the new #WatergateMuseum - a reminder of when the rule of law worked (eventually) www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/the-new...
The New Watergate Museum Presents First Program
By Frank Leone The newly established (2024) Watergate Museum presented its first program featuring NPR’s Scott Simon interviewing Joe Rodata, author The Watergate: Inside America’s Most Famous Address...
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April 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Check out the new #WatergateMuseum - a reminder of when the rule of law worked (eventually) www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/the-new...
Honored to judge DC #NationalHistoryDay, except now Trump/Musk cut the funding, possibly cancelling the finals, disappointing the students - #TrumpHatesHistory #TrumpHatesEducation #TrumpHatesKids www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/fba-his...
FBA History Project Judges National History Day in DC
History Project Co-Chairs Denise Vogt and Frank Leone were among the 70 judges for DC’s National History Day event. National History Day is an annual project-based contest for students in grades 6-12...
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April 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Honored to judge DC #NationalHistoryDay, except now Trump/Musk cut the funding, possibly cancelling the finals, disappointing the students - #TrumpHatesHistory #TrumpHatesEducation #TrumpHatesKids www.foggybottomassociation.org/post/fba-his...
We need the #NAS now more than ever
Funkstown: NAS - Foggy Bottom’s Temple of Science
By Frank LeoneAt the southern edge of Foggy Bottom (2101 Constitution Avenue) stands the semi-classical National Academy of Sciences (NAS) building. The site is best known for its oversized relaxed st...
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March 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We need the #NAS now more than ever
Join us at the DC History Conference!
JOIN US AT THE DC HISTORY CONFERENCE – April 3-6, 2025
At the Martin Luther King Public Library. The DC History Conference is now over 50 years old and better than ever! Register now for the FREE interdisciplinary, community conference with presentations ...
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March 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Join us at the DC History Conference!
Caravaggio, Baroque’s Bad Boy, Gets a Blockbuster Show in Rome www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/a...
Caravaggio, Baroque’s Bad Boy, Gets a Blockbuster Show in Rome
Two dozen works from museums and private collectors around the world are on display, with some reunited for the first time in centuries.
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March 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Caravaggio, Baroque’s Bad Boy, Gets a Blockbuster Show in Rome www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/a...