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Monthly Archives: March, 2023

Celebrating Eastern Market for 150 Years – Preservation Cafe

Image: Eastern Market in 1943 (loc.gov)
Robert Pohl, local historian, author, and tour guide, will present “Celebrating Eastern Market for 150 Years” at an in-person Preservation Café, Thursday, March 30, 2023.

March 25, 2023 · Leave a comment

Irish Washington, D.C. history 2023

Irish Washington, D.C.  (it wasn’t just Swampoodle) sources on the history originally here: https://matthewbgilmore.wordpress.com/bibliography-irish-washington-dc/ Swampoodle history blog post-Feb 4th, 2018:  Making Washington’s “Swampoodle”: Irish Neighborhood in the Tiber Valley Swampoodle history blog post resources: What … Continue reading

March 16, 2023 · Leave a comment

Diana Parsell – Interview with a Washington DC History Author – “Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington’s Cherry Trees”

Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington’s Cherry Trees. By Diana P. Parsell. Oxford University Press, 2023. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/eliza-scidmore-9780198869429?cc=us&lang=en& 1. Tell us about the book. It’s a biography of Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore … Continue reading

March 2, 2023 · Leave a comment

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