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Finding Fort Bunker Hill

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on May 21, 2018January 4, 2021

I have always found it frustrating that there seemed to be no photographs of Fort…

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  • LOCAL LORE

Catholic University, Brookland, and the Riots of 1968

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 29, 2018January 16, 2021

Fifty years may seem a very long time ago, but when remembering an extraordinary occurence, it…

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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

Mapping Segregation in the Neighborhood

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on February 15, 2018January 15, 2021

Check the map to see if your house was once restricted. I’ve written before about…

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“Gypsies” in Edgewood

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 28, 2017January 15, 2021

While researching the history of Edgewood and Metropolis View, I came across an 1895 story in the Washington…

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  • LOCAL LORE

Two Stories About Colonel Brooks – True or False?

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 20, 2017January 14, 2021

As I’ve researched Brookland and vicinity over the years, I’ve come across a number of interesting little stories…

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A Home for America’s Bad Boys

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on October 9, 2017January 15, 2021

Including one wayward youth named Charles Manson. Anyone who follows this blog knows that I…

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The Mysterious Rammed Earth House

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 17, 2017January 6, 2021

I drive south on 13th Street often, so regularly pass through the intersection of 13th…

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Bill Jones, the Avenger

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on June 9, 2017January 17, 2021

National Hero or Neighborhood Eccentric? November 19, 1881, 3pm: The most hated man in America sat uncomfortably in…

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The Fascinating History of Edgewood

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 6, 2017January 15, 2021

It Was Once Called Metropolis View That chunk of land to the west of Colonel…

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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

This is What a Racial Housing Covenant Looks Like

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on January 4, 2017January 13, 2021

When I was researching my last post on the oldest remaining pre-subdivision homes in the…

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Fort Bunker Hill’s Second Life

The Bodies in the Intersection

Bill Jones, the Avenger

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