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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, 20243 min read
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, 20241 min read
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, 20241 min read
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, 20243 min read
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, 20243 min read
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, 20241 min read
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, 20241 min read
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, 20241 min read
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, 20243 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20243 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20244 min read
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 15, 20231 min read
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 15, 20233 min read
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 15, 20231 min read
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...
Dec 6, 20233 min read
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...
Nov 20, 20233 min read
Funkstown – Reinventing Washington Circle
By Frank Leone Washington Circle is at the heart of Foggy Bottom/West End and a gateway to our Nation’s Capital. Yet too few people seem...
Nov 6, 20233 min read
GWU Student Awarded Prize for Paper on Foggy Bottom
By Denise Vogt Here at the FBA History Project, we’ve long hoped a GWU student would be interested in our neighborhood’s history, use our...
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Funkstown: The Body-Snatcher of Foggy Bottom
By Frank Leone Hughes Mews is a picturesque alley today, but at the turn of the 20th century, it housed “the most infamous professional...
Oct 21, 20233 min read
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