West End Library House History Workshop - May 2nd
The West End Library will be presenting a House History Workshop this Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 6 pm - Foggy Bottom Association History...
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Apr 27
Funkstown: Happy ‘West End’ Birthday -- Duke Ellington
By Frank Leone April 29, 2024 marks the 125 anniversary of the birth – in the West End – of legendary jazz pianist, composer, and...
Apr 17
Funkstown – How Foggy Bottom Helped Win the Civil War
By Frank Leone When Confederate General Jubal Early threatened to take Washington in July 1864, “invalid and convalescent” soldiers from...
Apr 17
FBA History Project Presents Poster at DC History Conference
This year was the 50th Anniversary of the DC History Conference, held April 4-6 at Martin Luther King Library. Denise Vogt and Frank...
Mar 30
DC History Center Updates
First, a final reminder to join the FBA History Project at the free DC History Conference, April 4-6 at Martin Luther King Library. ...
Mar 30
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Landmark Heurich Brewery
By Frank Leone The Christian Heurich Brewing Company operated D.C.’s largest brewery near the site of what is now the Kennedy Center from...
Mar 16
Funkstown - Foggy Bottom Notable Women - Architect Rodeck and Interior Designer McCandless
By Frank Leone Foggy Bottom has been home to many notable women, including two important designers who lived in the neighborhood for...
Mar 16
Happy Historic Foggy Bottom St. Patrick’s Day!
Foggy Bottom was home to many Irish American immigrants in the period between the Civil War and the 1920s, as described in an earlier...
Mar 16
JOIN US AT THE DC HISTORY CONFERENCE – April 4-6, 2024
At the Martin Luther King Public Library. The DC History Conference is celebrating its 50th Anniversary! Register now for the FREE...
Feb 29
FBA History Project Co-Chairs Contribute to Smithsonian’s Washington on Foot Guidebook
In time for spring, Smithsonian Books just issued its revised and expanded Washington on Foot, an easy to carry paperback containing 24...
Feb 29
Funkstown: Connecting the City to Foggy Bottom’s Kennedy Center
By Frank Leone Foggy Bottom is fortunate to have the Kennedy Center, but its location here was controversial and access challenges...
Feb 19
History Project Updates – Hatchet Video, DC History Center Hosting, Updated DC Historic Sites Page, and More!
The GW Hatchet video team - Sophia Escobar, Eduardo Gonzalez del Valle, and Ava Thompson - recently interviewed FBA History Project...
Feb 19
Funkstown – Representing Black Foggy Bottom - the Lincoln Civic Association
By Frank Leone From 1937 to 1954, the Lincoln Civic Association (LCA) fought for African Americans in Foggy Bottom. It demanded new...
Jan 19
Up to $50,000 in DC Historic Grants Now Available to Foggy Bottom Homeowners!
By Frank Leone The DC City Council has expanded its Historic Home Grant program to include Foggy Bottom and increase the available amount...
Jan 19
Funkstown – A Democracy Tree Grows in the West End
by Frank Leone Democracy has been in the news a lot lately, so it’s a good time to visit the West End’s own “Democracy Tree.” The tree...
Dec 16, 2023
WTOP Airs Story on Foggy Bottom’s Formerly Obscure Braddock’s Rock
FBA History Project Co-Chairs Frank Leone and Denise Vogt were interviewed by WTOP’s “Matt About Town,” Matt Kaufax, about Foggy Bottom’s...
Dec 16, 2023
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s “Home for Fallen Women”
By Frank Leone The House of Mercy, a “home for fallen women,” which played a (minor) role in one of the greatest scandals of the Gilded...
Dec 16, 2023
Foggy Bottom – and History Project – Featured on WETA’s “If You Lived Here”
FBA History Project Co-Chairs Frank Leone and Denise Vogt were delighted that the PBS/WETA real estate show “If You Lived Here” recently...
Dec 6, 2023
Funkstown – DC History Center to Host FBA Map Project
By Frank Leone The Foggy Bottom Association History Project House History Map has a new home at the DC History Center (formerly the...
Nov 20, 2023
Funkstown – New Washington Row Houses Book Features Foggy Bottom
By Frank Leone An excellent new book, The Row House in Washington DC – A History (U.Va. Press 2023) provides fascinating information on...
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