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What is BORF? Washington commuters in 2004 were all too familiar with the graffiti campaign and its mysterious artist. Even if the paint is gone, the punky, rebellious message remains. Borf is one, Borf is many. Borf is coming for your comfort.

President Lyndon B. Johnson had a secret weapon that he kept in his kitchen for more than 20 years: Chef Zephyr Wright. Famous at the time for her Southern cooking and later for her impact on the Civil Rights Movement, Zephyr Wright quietly held sway over one of the most powerful men in the world.

In the early 19th-century, Washington, D.C. had a problem: what to do with their population of the mentally ill. Dorothea Dix, a healthcare reform crusader from Massachusetts, came to their aid and, with a team of politicians and doctors, catalyzed the construction of what would come to be known as St. Elizabeths.

Ana Montes was called the "Queen of Cuba" by her colleagues in the Defense Intelligence Agency for her expertise on Cuban affairs.  Little did her colleagues know, she hid a dangerous secret.

The Lindens, a 1754 Georgian mansion, is the oldest home in Washington D.C. However, it began its life in a small town in Massachusetts. Thanks to the efforts of a wealthy antique-collecting couple, The Lindens had a second chance at life.

While other American cities are more often associated with Irish-American culture, Irish identity and history runs deep in Washington’s DNA. Case in point: Matilda Tone.

On July 4th, 1970, nearly 1,000 hippies traveled to the National Mall to disrupt Nixon's Independence Day Celebration. The "culture clash" ended with naked hippies, an overturned truck, dozens of arrests, and tear gas. 

Did you know that gender discrimination in education has only been illegal for just over 50 years? In 1972, Title IX transformed how we think about gender equality in education and required colleges and universities to follow new standards if they wanted to keep receiving federal funding.

The Senate has adjourned for the day, and the legislators, journalists, and visitors that had filled the chamber file out into the warm evening. Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, a well-known abolitionist, remains at his desk, scribbling notes among his spread of papers. A stranger approaches him from the aisle.

In the wake of George Washington's death, Americans across the country sought to memorialize our first president. But one small town in Maryland has the distinction of completing the first Washington Monument.