Boundary Field
Boundary Field is a former baseball ground located in Washington, D.C. The ground was home to the Washington Senators of the American Association in 1891 and then the National League from 1892 to 1899 after the League absorbed the Association. The League contracted in 1900 and the Nationals were a casualty (...)
Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1965, at the corner of Georgia Avenue and W Street, NW. An earlier wooden baseball park had stood on the site, built in 1891. It was called Boundary Field or National Park, as its occupants were then known primarily by the nickname "Nationals" (...)
Ben's Chili Bowl
Ben's Chili Bowl is a landmark restaurant in Washington, D.C., located at 1213 U Street, next to Lincoln Theatre, in the Shaw neighborhood of northwest D.C. It is known locally for its chili dogs, half-smokes, and milkshakes, and has been an integral part of the neighborhood's history since its founding in 1958. It was frequented by both police and protesters during the 1968 Washington, D (...)
Chinatown, Washington, D.C.
in Washington, D.C. is a small, historic neighborhood east of downtown, in the present day consisting of a handful of ethnic Chinese and other Asian restaurants and small businesses along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. It is known for its annual Chinese New Year festival and parade and the Friendship Arch, a Chinese gate built over H Street at 7th Street (...)
Verizon Center
The Verizon Center (formerly MCI Center until March 5, 2006) is a sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C., USA, named after telecommunications sponsor Verizon Communications. The arena has been nicknamed the "Phone Booth" because of its association with telecommunications companies (...)
National Museum of Women in the Arts
is the only museum solely dedicated to celebrating women’s achievements in the visual, performing, and literary arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since opening its doors in 1987, the museum has acquired a collection of more than 3,500 paintings, sculptures, works on paper and decorative art. (...)
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΆΚΆ) is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African-American college women. Led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C. by nine students. The sorority incorporated on January 29, 1913.[http://mblr.dc.gov/corp/lookup/status (...)
Abraham Lincoln assassination
, Clara Harris, Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, and John Wilkes Booth. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln, one of the last major events in the American Civil War, took place on Friday, April 14, 1865, at approximately 10:00 P.M. President Abraham Lincoln was shot while attending a performance of ''Our American Cousin'' at Ford's Theatre with his wife and two guests (...)
J. Edgar Hoover Building
(FBI). The building, named for former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, is located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.. The FBI building is not open to the public; guided tours of the building were discontinued in 1999. (...)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic intelligence agency. At present, the FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes, making the FBI the de-facto lead law enforcement (...)
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