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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

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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  • BROOKLAND ROADS

Just Where was Queen’s Chapel?

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 6, 2014January 6, 2021

When I moved to DC decades ago and first drove out Michigan Avenue I noticed…

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The Bodies in the Intersection

Bill Jones, the Avenger

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