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Kennedy Center Honors Foggy Bottom’s Displaced Residents with “We Remain Here” Banners
The Kennedy Center recently displayed banners with a land acknowledgement by Mahogany L. Browne, a Kennedy Center’s Next 50 fellow,...
Jun 25, 2024
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Funkstown – West End’s Historic Alfred Mullet Rowhouses Renovated
By Frank Leone One of the West End’s most notable historic rowhouses recently underwent a renovation, which has resulted in 15 modern...
Jun 9, 2024
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GWU President Hosts Neighborhood Reception at 175-year old F Street House
George Washington University President Ellen M. Granberg and Ms. Sonya Rankin invited FBA members and other neighbors to a reception at...
Jun 9, 2024
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Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s “Other” Breweries
By Frank Leone The best-known lost brewery in D.C. was Foggy Bottom’s Christian Heurich Brewing Company, located at what is now the...
May 25, 2024
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Funkstown – Don’t Miss GWU's NEXT Exhibition at the Corcoran!
By Frank Leone The George Washington University Corcoran School of the Arts & Design students are displaying 80 thesis projects – photos,...
May 11, 2024
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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...
Apr 27, 2024
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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 27, 2024
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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, 2024
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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...
Apr 17, 2024
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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, 2024
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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 30, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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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...
Mar 16, 2024
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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, 2024
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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 29, 2024
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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, 2024
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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...
Feb 19, 2024
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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, 2024
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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...
Jan 19, 2024
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