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Washington DC Generations

The 'other' FDR Memorial

You pack the picnic basket, the kids are in the back seat, the family wants to spend a nice spring afternoon at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt...
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Happy birthday, Harry

It was May 8, many years ago, President Truman was born. No president has enjoyed such a mighty upswing in their legacy than this man from Missouri...
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Woodrow Wilson Bridge

  • Woodrow Wilson Bridge
  • April 26, 2012
The arc of the Capital Beltway would not be complete if it weren’t for two bridges built over the Potomac River in the early 1960s. One was...
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Hot summer, bad cherries, and the death of a president

The Whig ticket of Taylor-Fillmore triumphed in the 1848 election. The new president Zachary Taylor had had a strong, 40-year record in the...
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The Hay-Adams

John Hay and Henry Adams have no idea that where they used to live, at 16th and H Streets across from the White House, is now perhaps the greatest...
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The Jusserand memorial in Rock Creek

  • Jean Jules Jusserand Memorial
  • April 19, 2012
Seemingly it is a chunk of granite that fell from the heavens and was tossed to the side of the road. We don't always treat the French with...
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Titanic Memorial in DC

It looks like a crucified Jesus. It’s 13 feet -- a figure draped in robes, arms fully spread, head perched nobly and erect, his entire...
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The city of magnificent intentions

‘The President’s mansion is more like an English club-house, both within and without, than any other kind of establishment with which I...
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Shake, rattle, and roll - Hazel hits DC

  • Hurricane Hazel
  • March 9, 2012
Our men and women were home from Korea, times were good. The Dow Jones was at a whopping 382! You’re still talking about the catch Mays made...
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A visit to sunny Florida...Avenue

  • Florida Avenue
  • March 1, 2012
In the late 1800s Washington DC was bursting at its ‘original’ seams. Beautiful homes and embassies were constructed to the northwest,...
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