History

More than 25 people joined our sold-out walking tour of the Foggy Bottom Historic District on a beautiful Saturday, September 20, 1025....

By Frank Leone The western end of Foggy Bottom’s Avenue of the Americas  (Virginia Avenue) is anchored by a statue of Mexican patriot...

By Frank Leone Since Denise Vogt and I founded the Foggy Bottom Association’s History Project in 2021, we have included George Washington...

By Frank Leone The large building with the graceful, dove-like roof that welcomes you to D.C. is the United States Institute of Peace...

By Frank Leone Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post  columnist Colbert King announced  on June 21 that he would retire in September...

From the DC History Center : “To help its community digitize important memories and histories, the DC History Center is now offering...

By Frank Leone You may have noticed that northeast of Washington Circle  is a triangular block of impressive dark red brick rowhouses....

By Frank Leone On October 26, 1939, John Ihlder, Executive Director of Washington, D.C.’s Alley Dwelling Authority, spoke to the...

By Frank Leone In 1890 about 10% of D.C.’s population - generally the poorest 10% - lived in alley dwellings. A 50-year effort to...

By Frank Leone Colbert King on Community Displacement and Renewal - Washington Post Pulitzer-Prize columnist and former West End resident...

By Frank Leone The Organization of American States  building is one of Foggy Bottom’s (and  D.C.’s) most beautiful buildings.  It...

Although these are challenging times for history advocates, the 51st DC History Conference was a tremendous success. The DC History...

By Denise Vogt The West End. In the early days of spring, imagine a time before K Street was lined with vehicle traffic and trees...

By Frank Leone The newly established (2024) Watergate Museum presented its first program  featuring NPR’s Scott Simon interviewing Joe...

History Project Co-Chairs Denise Vogt and Frank Leone were among the 70 judges for DC’s National History Day  event.  National History...

By Frank Leone The John Lenthall Houses, built circa 1800, are likely the oldest houses in Foggy Bottom. They were built on 19th Street,...

A special guest column by Emma Wiley Funkstown is happy to present a guest post by Emma Wiley. Emma is a public historian with a special...

Thanks to a generous grant from the Foggy Bottom Association Defense and Improvement Corporation, the FBA is now sponsoring up to three...

At the Martin Luther King Public Library . The DC History Conference is now over 50 years old and better than ever! Register now for the...

By Frank Leone At the southern edge of Foggy Bottom (2101 Constitution Avenue) stands the semi-classical National Academy of Sciences (NAS) building. The site is best known for its oversized relaxed statue of Albert Einstein , but you can take a tour of the building and find other wonders, including its neo-byzantine decorated Great Hall and modern auditorium. We visited the building as part of a tour arranged by the Foggy Bottom West End Village  last fall. [Note: The NAS is

Join the new Watergate Museum (est. 2024) for “The Stories behind the Watergate Complex - a conversation with Joseph Rodota and Scott...