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Little Known Victims of the Lincoln Assassination

The events of April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theatre in Washington are well known. Actor John Wilkes Booth went into President Lincoln's box and shot him. The President was mortally wounded and died the...

February 22, 2013

By Claudia Swain
How Smokey Bear Became an Icon... And a Real Life Neighbor in D.C.

“Only YOU can prevent forest fires.” Many of us, especially former Boy Scouts like myself, probably associate that statement with campfire safety. Indeed, Smokey the Bear has been around for as long...

March 2, 2018

By Mark Jones
Meet the Woman Who Lived Atop the Big Chair in Anacostia

Creative advertising wasn’t just for Don Draper and the New York Mad Men. In 1959, Anacostia’s Curtis Bros. Furniture Company commissioned Bassett Furniture to construct a 19.5 foot tall Duncan Phyfe...

November 26, 2012

By Mark Jones
1989: Bringing Down D.C.'s Drug King

April 15, 1989 – almost “go time.” A joint force of DEA, FBI and D.C. Police officials had spent nearly two years building their case against the District's largest drug network, and a series of...

November 14, 2014

By Mark Jones

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Little Known Victims of the Lincoln Assassination

How Smokey Bear Became an Icon... And a Real Life Neighbor in D.C.

Meet the Woman Who Lived Atop the Big Chair in Anacostia

1989: Bringing Down D.C.'s Drug King

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Love D.C. History? Support WETA!

Did you know? We made the D.C. Metro into a time machine!