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Building the Filter

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on February 24, 2021February 25, 2021

Bringing Water to Brookland, Pt. 2 As I mentioned in my last post on the…

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  • HISTORIC PLACES

Before Arlington Cemetery

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 10, 2014January 5, 2021

There will be a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery…

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  • HISTORIC PLACES

A Home for the Blues

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on September 16, 2014January 12, 2021

The first time I drove out Bunker Hill Road toward Maryland, I passed a fairly…

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  • HISTORIC PLACES

More Angles on the Shrine

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on September 13, 2014January 4, 2021

After my post on the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception last week, I was contacted…

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  • HISTORIC PLACES

The Shrine Story

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on September 6, 2014January 3, 2021

It is not even in Brookland, yet for some it has become a symbol of…

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  • HISTORIC PLACES

The Colonel’s House

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on August 8, 2014January 13, 2021

It struck me the other day just how lucky we Brooklanders are that Brooks Mansion still…

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