Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
January 14, 1890 The Board of Commissioners governing Washington, D.C. at the time officially authorized changing the name of Boundary Street in the city. The origins of this street can be traced to January 24, 1791, when President George Washington (1732-1799) selected portions of both Maryland and Virginia as the site for the new capital... Continue Reading →
January 2, 1923 “The old year is dead, prosperous live the new year,” asserted the Washington Post on New Year’s Day in 1923. “Now that the world is changing its calendar, writing another numeral at the end of its date lines, it is profitable to strike balances and to determine what is due in the... Continue Reading →
October 17, 1888 The Eckington & Soldiers’ Home Railway became the first electric streetcar service to begin operations in Washington, D.C. The company’s streetcars initially ran along tracks from the intersection of Seventh Street and New York Avenue, N.W., in the downtown area -- and near the Soldiers’ Home that had been in existence in... Continue Reading →
Transportation History 