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Tag: Catholic history

  • LOCAL LORE

A Short History of Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 29, 2022April 1, 2022

A short, photo-rich history of the Brookland neighborhood in Washington DC.

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  • PORTRAITS

The Angel of Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on November 20, 2014October 15, 2022

Antoinette Margot moved to Brookland in 1889 and built an impressive house she called Theodoron. She went on to help found St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church.

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  • HISTORIC PLACES

More Angles on the Shrine

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on September 13, 2014October 15, 2022

More history on the construction and design of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

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  • BROOKLAND ROADS

Just Where was Queen’s Chapel?

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 6, 2014October 15, 2022

Queen’s Chapel wasn’t named for royalty, but the Queen family, who built it in the early 18th century.

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Featured Posts

Creating McMillan Park

Bill Jones, the Avenger

The Fascinating History of Edgewood

The Mysterious Rammed Earth House

The Journey of Jehiel Brooks, Pt. 2

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

Building the Filter

The Brookland Childhood of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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