While fans are gearing up for SOME college football, the tentative nature of the season is foreboding, to say the least...
Students AND teacher are or will soon return to the classroom for the 2020-21 school year. Virtual, Face-to-face, some kind of hybrid, ‘A’/ ‘B’ schedule, we’re a very long way from the one room schoolhouse...
In another effort to divert you from current events: 75 years ago... At 00:15, on Monday, July 30th, the US Navy's heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) with a crew of 1,195, was hit by two Japanese torpedoes...
Federal City's End of Summer Reading suggestion: A most timely examination of today's discord can be directly traced back to immediately after the American Civil War...
In appreciation to the forgotten heroes of our past...
Apologies for NOT posting on Day Three of the Battle of Gettysburg - actually we had an account of the Confederate demonstrations on Culp's Hill, the most ferocious cannonade, followed by the ill-fated Picket's Charge... as the final edit was taking place, the 'delete' button was somehow hit! Here are a few more pictures from the battlefield and Cemetery:
Remember the uproar when the government was going to bring prisoners once confined to Guantanamo Bay onto the US mainland? People responded with “Not in my backyard!”
Al “Scarface” Capone was the infamous leader of the ‘Chicago Outfit’ for six bloody years during Prohibition...
We are living in historic times... what are your thoughts?
East Capitol Street, NE...
East side of the US Capitol...
The US Capitol Police are the fourth oldest federal law enforcement agency in the US (1828). ‘Recent events’ there have prompted a call to erect a fence around the building’s perimeter, essentially closing off the designed symbolic openness of exchange between elected officials & We, The People... whether you’ve been to DC before or not, we’d like to hear your thoughts on this proposal! www.federalcityprivatetours.com
Can you spare a minute to help Lawrence Clark?
Pierre Charles L’Enfant’s remarkable vision of a new capital city incorporated elements of our Constitution, which defines a truly unique form of government, one designed to remind elected officials that they are meant to be available & responsive to US, not cut off & isolated in some ivory tower... The vulgar symbolism of constructing ANY kind of fence around the Capitol building is simply contrary to the founding of the nation! Join us in reminding those who SHOULD know better that they work for We, The People! MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD - Please sign this petition and help spread the word!...
Can you spare a minute to help Lawrence Clark?
Before Tetris, Call of Duty & Minecraft ushered in ‘social distancing’ before COVID-19, people played cards. The truth is, 83% of families STILL play cards at home...
