Boundary Stones

Spotlighting local history in Washington, D.C., suburban Maryland and northern Virginia. Service of @wetatvfm

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🚨🚨🚨 We just launched a DC history video series! If you wanna learn more about Julius Hobson's rat relocation rallies in Georgetown, or DC's official song (that nobody has ever heard of) go to https://t.co/7bxXcdafhO
And let us know what you think!

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50 years ago today, after months of Watergate hearings, Richard Nixon uttered the fateful, legacy-defining words, “I am not a crook.”
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Have you heard of "the Witches of Georgetown?" @BoundaryStones blog, Katherine Brodt writes on Spiritualists Margaret Ann and Belle Laurie. Read more to learn about the history of professional mediums in early D.C. Linked on the Octo! https://t.co/GOfy8dm0vP #VastEarlyAmerica

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.@capitalweather have predicted up to 22 inches of snow in DC this winter. Do you believe them?

One memorable storm in 1987 dumped 14 inches on DC, causing a fiasco that may have been the beginning of then-Mayor Marion Barry's downfall.
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With the news of a go-go museum coming to Anacostia, we're looking back on one of DC's most iconic go-go bands: Rare Essence! https://t.co/UUlGXUSmer

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If you’re missing @NationalZoo's pandas already, here's another species that the zoo has helped save from extinction: the American Buffalo. One Smithsonian taxidermist drove the effort to bring not taxidermy specimens, but live buffalo to DC.
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Throughout 1917, suffragists picketed the White House demanding women’s suffrage. Many picketers were arrested and held in a Fairfax prison. After months of abuse from prison guards escalated on November 14, 1917, dubbed the “Night of Terror.”
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Eastern Market is older than:
- the telephone
- the other state of Washington
- indoor hockey games
- the QWERTY keyboard
- Heinz tomato ketchup
- cash registers

Happy 150th Birthday, @EasternMarketDC!

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Would you visit a history theme park? In 1991, Disney announced a new park in Haymarket, VA. “Disney’s America” would focus not on fairytales, but American history. But environmentalists, historians, and preservation groups strongly opposed the project.
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Of all the dignitaries at the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier #OTD 1921, one guest stood out and spoke up. Chief Plenty Coups represented the Native American contribution to WWI and their contentious relationship with the US government. https://t.co/PTxzSGKQca

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“Hundreds of mothers are wondering today, finding a touch of solace in the possibility that the nation bows in grief over the body of one she bore.”

–President Warren G. Harding at the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier #OTD in 1921.
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#SesameStreet debuted on PBS #OTD in 1969! Jim Henson, the show’s beloved creator, grew up in Hyattsville, Maryland, and developed his first Muppet characters while a student at the University of Maryland. https://t.co/uLGuYenfCd

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#OTD in 1916, Jeanette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress. Rankin went on to introduce the resolution which became the Nineteenth Amendment, finally giving women the right to vote. https://t.co/wmCZOScrNT

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As the pandas at @NationalZoo depart for China, these throwback photos show the first pandas to reside in Washington. They arrived in 1972 and caused the original panda-monium!

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Today we're saying a tearful goodbye to the National Zoo's pandas as they head back to China. Heal your heartbreak with footage from the heartwarming arrival of a baby panda to the zoo in 2005 🐼❤️ https://t.co/6pcmBU8nFj

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#OTD 1964, DC residents were able to vote in the presidential election for the very first time. On the ballot were Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson and Republican Senator Barry Goldwater. https://t.co/XXM4ClRDeT

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Prohibition began in DC #OTD in 1917. Meet the man who supplied booze to Congress while it was outlawed--and then exposed his customers:
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Every few decades since 1862, the ghost of a black cat with glowing eyes appears in the Capitol, portending assassinations and other national tragedies. Keep your eyes out for a phantom feline when you're out trick-or-treating tonight!
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At the luxurious Hay-Adams Hotel, there is one unwanted guest: the ghost of Clover Adams, the woman who lived on the property before it was a hotel and died there under mysterious circumstances in 1885. 👻
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#TriviaTuesday Iconic horror movie #TheExorcist was based on a "real" exorcism that took place WHERE in 1949?

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Tonight in DC! Details and tickets at https://t.co/3dTpyyo24i @dcline @DCist @wamu885 @WPGC @WPFWDC @WashInformer @washingtonian @washingtondc @goingoutguide @wcp @DowntownDCBID @pqliving @730_DC @thehoya @gwhatchet @TheEagleOnline @cuatower