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5 days ago
Funkstown – Boss Shepherd Builds in Foggy Bottom
By Frank Leone The early 1870s were a booming time in Washington. The Civil War caused a significant increase in population and housing...
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5 days ago
DC Increases Fines for Historic District Home Destruction
Too many historic district property owners carry out substantial alteration, demolition, or new construction in violation of their...
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Jan 18
FBA History Project Webinar on DCPL YouTube
Foggy Bottom Association History Project Co-Chairs recently presented a webinar for the DC Preservation League’s neighborhood history...
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Jan 18
Learning from History - FBA History Project Report
By Denise Vogt & Frank Leone, Co-Chairs The FBA History Project begins its fifth year of researching and sharing Foggy Bottom...
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Dec 24, 2024
Happy Holidays from Funkstown!
Best wishes for a new year of rediscovering Foggy Bottom and our city's past. FBA History Project Co-Chairs, Denise Vogt and Frank Leone,...
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Dec 14, 2024
Funkstown – Lafayette in Foggy Bottom
By Frank Leone 200 years ago, America welcomed the Marquis de Lafayette, “the Lancelot of the revolutionary set,” for a triumphant return...
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Dec 14, 2024
Washington Circle
General Lafayette has his Square in front of the White House, and his mentor, General Washington, has his Circle in Foggy Bottom/West End...
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Dec 14, 2024
FBA History Project Does DC Preservation League Webinar
On December 11, 2024, Foggy Bottom Association History Project Co-Chairs presented a webinar for the DC Preservation League’s...
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Nov 20, 2024
Foggy Bottom News - Twenty-Five Years Ago
By Denise Vogt Thanks to the GWU Library Special Collections, you can now easily browse the back issues of the Foggy Bottom News on-line...
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Nov 20, 2024
Funkstown – Visit Foggy Bottom’s Grand DACOR Bacon House!
By Frank Leone The DACOR Bacon House (1801 F St., two blocks from the White House) is one of Foggy Bottom’s oldest and most stately...
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Nov 4, 2024
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Rev. Leonard Grimes in the Abolition Hall of Fame
By Frank Leone Foggy Bottom Underground Railroad conductor Rev. Leonard Andrew Grimes – who helped 400 enslaved people seeking freedom –...
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Nov 4, 2024
FBA History Project/GWU Museum Walking Tour a Success
By Frank Leone and Denise Vogt On October 19, 2024, we led a walking tour which began in the Foggy Bottom Historic District and ended at...
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Nov 4, 2024
Washington D.C. Votes for President
By Frank Leone If you haven’t yet, be sure to vote on or before Election Day, November 5th! Washington D.C. has a complicated...
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Oct 22, 2024
Recent Presentation of Kennedy Center/Foggy Bottom Improvement and Connection Plans
By Frank Leone We have reported on the ongoing efforts to connect the Kennedy Center to the city and improve the highway wasteland in...
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Oct 22, 2024
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom Ghosts and Graveyards
By Frank Leone In Foggy Bottom’s marshes, the “incessant croaking of frogs at night furnished material for ghost stories.” One such...
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Oct 7, 2024
Another Foggy Bottom, Across the Pond
By Denise Vogt Denise Vogt and Frank Leone recently welcomed Adrian Bloom , British author, speaker, horticultural specialist and owner...
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Oct 7, 2024
Foggy Bottom's Unearthed Treasures
FBA History Project associate, Bellini the Beagle, recently unearthed a delicate 3-inch tall glass (patent medicine?) bottle in the...
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Oct 7, 2024
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Old Glass House
By Frank Leone One of Foggy Bottom’s earliest industries (1807-1846) was a glass-making factory located at 22nd Street and Water Street...
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Oct 7, 2024
Foggy Bottom Walkingtown Tour a Success
Saturday September 14 was a beautiful day for our 4th annual Foggy Bottom Historic District in-person walking tour. Registration for the...
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Oct 7, 2024
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Curious Ruins – Godey Lime Kilns
By: Frank Leone Nestled between the Whitehurst Freeway and the Rock Creek Parkway are unusual stone and brick structures – these are the...
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