The two moons of Mars were discovered by astronomer Asaph Hall, looking through the then largest refracting telescope in the world, on...

Since its founding in January 2021, the Foggy Bottom Association’s History Project has made major progress: First, we’ve added our...

In 1996, archeological investigations conducted in connection with the renovation of the Whitehurst Freeway uncovered a remarkable burial...

Prior to the Civil War, the “Underground Railroad” helped tens of thousands of enslaved African Americans travel north to their freedom...

Foggy Bottom is a charming and wonderful community in which to live, but its ever present history makes it unique, even in Washington. “Foggy Bottom” lacks legal boundaries, but generally is situated between the White House and Rock Creek Park and between the Potomac and Pennsylvania Avenue. The area was occupied by Native Americans 1,500 years ago, then Maryland planters. German immigrant Jacob Funk sought to build a new town (Hamburgh or Funkstown (hence the name of this co