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@FunkstownDC
@FunkstownDC
Frank Leone, Foggy Bottom & DC history, Co-Chair @FoggyBottomDC History Project
Washington, DC Katılım Temmuz 2021
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Gonna spend a lot of time on pandacam next couple of years
National Zoo@NationalZoo
🍁🐼🍂 As Bao Li + Qing Bao settle in, our animal care team ensures the #DCPandas have enriching environments. Sometimes, engaging enrichment comes from mother nature herself. Enjoy this moment of pause as Qing Bao takes in autumn in Washington, D.C.—in all its glory.
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60 years ago today, for the first time in American history, District residents voted in a Presidential general election
That year (1964) was also our first time voting for *anything* in 90 years. DC had no elections on Election Day for 90 years.
Think about that…
#DCStatehood

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good prayer
US Capitol Historical Society@CapitolHistory
#OTD in #history, 1800, #JohnAdams became the 1st #POTUS to live in the #WhiteHouse. He soon wrote to his wife, “I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.” #USA
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Social Scene Writer Mary Bird Dies at 81 georgetowner.com/articles/2024/…
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I remember the gas station georgetownmetropolitan.com/2024/10/28/geo…
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Meanwhile at the Capitol – A New “Memorial” Just Dropped - oh my goodness - you must read the plaque: popville.com/2024/10/dc-cap…
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with a big impact on Foggy Bottom
DC Bike History@DCBikeHistory1
On this day in 1949 - The Whitehurst Freeway opened.
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