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Bringing Water to Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on December 2, 2020December 24, 2020

It wasn’t as if Brookland didn’t have enough water. The land upon which Brookland developed…

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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

Walking the Color Line in 1909

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on May 21, 2020January 14, 2021

Little 7-year-old Isabel Wall, blonde and blue-eyed, bounced along beside her mother as they walked…

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  • LOCAL LORE

The Enslaved Families Who Worked This Land

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on February 12, 2020December 28, 2020

If you’re interested in the local history of this area, you probably know some of…

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  • ON THIS SPOT

Fort Bunker Hill’s Second Life

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on February 8, 2019January 17, 2021

Although it never saw action during the Civil War, Fort Bunker Hill (above, Library of Congress), along…

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  • PORTRAITS

General Orville Babcock: Some Old Time Corruption

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on September 28, 2018January 16, 2021

So far, the ongoing Robert Mueller probe has brought a slew of indictments and some convictions, but…

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  • ON THIS SPOT

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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  • 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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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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