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Happy Women’s History Month!
You can read about notable Foggy Bottom women in some of our prior Funkstown posts – Foggy Bottom Notable Women - Architect Rodeck and...
Foggy Bottom Association
Mar 8, 20251 min read
Funkstown: F Street – The President’s Neighborhood in Foggy Bottom
By Frank Leone Last fall, the FBA History Project was honored to be included in a program on neighborhood history at the DACOR Bacon...
Foggy Bottom Association
Mar 8, 20253 min read
Funkstown - GWU Student Reveals University’s Impact on Foggy Bottom
By Frank Leone One of our favorite activities at the FBA History Project is helping George Washington University students discover and...
Foggy Bottom Association
Feb 26, 20252 min read
Black History Month - DC Public Library HistoryMakers Videos include Foggy Bottom
By Frank Leone HistoryMakers Digital Archive is the nation's largest African American video oral history collection and is now available...
Foggy Bottom Association
Feb 26, 20252 min read
DC Black History Sites include Foggy Bottom/West End
The DC Office of Planning recently launched a digital tour of Washington, DC Black History Sites . The tour includes nearly 300 places...
Foggy Bottom Association
Feb 8, 20251 min read
Funkstown – Since 1868, West End’s Historic Thaddeus Stevens School
By Frank Leone Stevens School (1050 21st Street, N.W.), built in 1868, is one of the city's oldest schools. Named for Pennsylvania...
Foggy Bottom Association
Feb 8, 20253 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jan 25, 20254 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jan 25, 20251 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jan 17, 20251 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jan 17, 20253 min read
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,...
Foggy Bottom Association
Dec 24, 20241 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Dec 14, 20243 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Dec 14, 20241 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Dec 14, 20241 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Nov 20, 20241 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Nov 20, 20243 min read
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 –...
Foggy Bottom Association
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Oct 22, 20242 min read
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...
Foggy Bottom Association
Oct 22, 20243 min read
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