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Brookland in Art

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on September 7, 2015January 8, 2021

While doing some online research a few years ago, I came across this painting. It was…

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  • ON THIS SPOT

The End of a Brookland Institution

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 27, 2015January 7, 2021

After eight decades at the corner of 12th and Monroe, Brookland Hardware closes its doors.…

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  • PORTRAITS

Lucy Diggs Slowe and Mary Burrill and the fight to stay in their Brookland home

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on April 15, 2015December 30, 2020

The house at 1256 Kearny Street NE is a typical Brookland home in many ways…

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  • PORTRAITS

The Brookland Childhood of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 29, 2015January 6, 2021

It was Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ second published novel, The Yearling, that made her internationally famous and…

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  • LOCAL LORE

Brookland’s “Sundowners”

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on February 6, 2015January 6, 2021

I haven’t posted much lately, mostly because my wife and I have been spending a…

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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

The Legacy of Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on December 12, 2014January 6, 2021

In November of 1945, Ada Reeves bought a charming little bungalow at 1303 Kearny St.…

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  • LOCAL LORE

Some Old Time Football

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on December 2, 2014January 6, 2021

Remember when football was great here in Washington? It seems like a long time ago…

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  • PORTRAITS

The Angel of Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 20, 2014January 17, 2021

Clara Barton (right) was already known as the “Angel of the Battlefield” when she first met Antoinette…

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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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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

O’Leary Column Prompts Telling Response from Sterling Brown

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 2, 2014January 5, 2021

Race issues have been a dominant part of Washington city life ever since the Great…

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The Brookland Childhood of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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