Gun Violence Memorial Unveiled on National Mall (photos)
WEBJun 8, 2022 · The public can visit the memorial through Saturday, June 11. View a slideshow of Jeff Malet’s photos of the temporary Gun Violence Memorial on the National Mall by clicking on the photo icons below. More than 45,000 flowers on display — each one representing a victim of gun violence from this past year. Photo by Jeff Malet.
Monument Honoring Military Dogs and Their Handlers Unveiled at …
WEBNov 14, 2021 · A larger than life sculpture honoring all the men and women of the sea services, past present and future, and all military working dog teams, was unveiled on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, at the United States Navy Memorial in Washington D.C. The bronze, called “Service and Sacrifice,” is the first monument honoring working military dogs in the nation’s capital.
First Day for New MacArthur High School Is Historic
WEBAug 28, 2023 · For the first time since 1972, an entirely new comprehensive public high school was opened — the first for the Palisades/Georgetown area since Western High School was replaced by Duke Ellington School of the Arts in the 1970s. “The wait is over,” tweeted several MacArthur supporters over the week about the very first day of school on ...
Building Museum Tackles Brutalism | The Georgetowner
WEBAug 15, 2024 · On Thursday, Aug. 22, in conjunction with “Capital Brutalism,” the Building Museum will hold “a punk-themed night.”. From 7 to 9 p.m., attendees can tour the exhibition. Then, from 9 to 10 p.m., there will be a live performance by D.C.-based hardcore punk band Scream. Admission is $20 ($10 for students), with craft beer, cocktails and ...
Spies Like Us: The Spooks of Georgetown | The Georgetowner
WEBOct 24, 2019 · This writer’s friend at the college newspaper at Georgetown University was flipped with his Soviet spy father by the FBI. With the truth revealed in 1980, he remains a friend. Spies are all around — with the added intensity and immediacy of our digital world. A whole new realm of stealth is at work.
‘George Soros: A Life in Full’ An uneven look at an extraordinary …
WEBMay 16, 2022 · George Soros, now 91, cites 1944 as the best year of his life. He was 14 years old, living as a non-practicing Jew under the Nazis in Hungary, and hiding in various places throughout Budapest. His adored father had changed the family name from Schwartz to Soros, and moving from house to house, young George learned to …
National World War I Memorial Opens in D.C. (photos)
WEBApr 17, 2021 · The District welcomed its newest national monument on Friday, April 16, with a solemn ceremony and a flag raising. The National World War I Memorial, located on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, is now open to the public. The memorial, which features sculptures, fountains and quotes, honors the 4.7 million …
Who Lives Here Georgetown | The Georgetowner
WEBOct 17, 2013 · Each year around the Georgetowner’s anniversary, we list a few of the more famous who live in this remarkable neighborhood, so full of history, so grateful of its present well-to-do situation -- and so hopeful of its future achievers, now arriving or being born. Those who lived in Georgetown include Thomas Jefferson, William Corcoran, Francis Scott Key, Alexander Graham Bell, Jack and Jackie ...
Weekend Round Up, Sept. 16 – 19 | The Georgetowner
WEBSep 16, 2021 · Georgetown Library Friends Hosting Book Sale. This Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., Georgetown Library Friends are hosting a clearance sale of gently used books on the lower level of the library at 3260 R St. NW. Nearly all books will be half-price ($1 for hardback, 50 cents for paperback books).
'Georgetown,' a Film About Murder. Or Is It? | The Georgetowner
WEBMay 20, 2021 · It happened in Georgetown. In August of 2011. A murder and investigation that verged on the “you can’t make this stuff up” category. Now a fictionalized movie about the bizarre case has been released this week in theaters (locally at Union Market) and on streaming TV, “Georgetown” stars three award-winnning actors: Christoph Waltz, Vanessa Redgrave and Annette Bening.
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