Apr 5, 2022BlogFunkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Lost African American Churches: Liberty Baptist By Frank Leone The Foggy Bottom African American community was anchored in its churches. From about 1910-1960, such churches offered not...
Mar 18, 2022BlogFunkstown: Pete the Goat and Irish Foggy BottomBy Frank Leone The Foggy Bottom area, especially the Historic District, is known for the Irish immigrant workers who settled there during...
Mar 7, 2022BlogFunkstown: Martha B. Briggs and her Lost SchoolsBy Frank Leone Martha Bailey Briggs (1838-1889) was an African American educator who served D.C. as principal of the Miner Normal School...
Mar 4, 2022BlogGWU Student Creates FBA History Project VideoEthan Benn, a GWU Journalism major, has prepared a 2 1/2 minute video on the Foggy Bottom History Project. The video uses comments...