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Author Archives: Rick
Brookside Gardens markers remember sniper victims
I’d never been to Brookside Gardens until recently. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced me to find new places to visit away from the city and the free park adjacent to Wheaton Regional Park is a fine place to walk around … Continue reading
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Brookside Gardens
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Remembering the unknown dead of the War of 1812
So much attention is given the Tomb of the Unknowns, but there are actually more than 400 unknowns buried throughout Arlington National Cemetery. Fourteen soldiers and sailors from the War of 1812 are buried together in Section 1 not far … Continue reading
Under the spreading Lincoln oak tree
An old stump is all that’s left of one of the older trees ever around Washington. The Lincoln Oak, named for president Abraham Lincoln meeting under its expansive branches with local military leaders during the Civil War, was destroyed by … Continue reading
DAR pediment is simple enough
We’re going with an easy one here. I don’t care if you’ve never seen a pediment in your life (and you may have not) you’re going to know what this one means. High above the western entrance into the … Continue reading
Going tropical at Mount Vernon
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Tagged Best Mount Vernon walking tours, Photo by Rick Snider
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Senator Cushman Kellogg was a renaissance man
In the very back corner of Arlington National Cemetery, and I’ll give you a special merit badge for finding this memorial under a tree by the superintendent’s residence, lies one of the special politicians of the post-Civil War era. Cushman … Continue reading
A memorial in an Arlington crossroads
It’s not unusual for a monument to be moved. Happens more often than you’d expect. And it’s not unusual for a memorial to be updated with a second use. But here’s one that includes three wars and was relocated to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arlington, Best Washington DC walking tours, Memorial, Photos by Rick Snider, Va.
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George says wear a mask
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The cat, horse and the general
There’s lots to talk about Gen. Philip Sheridan’s statue. It’s one of the better equestrian statues in town and the horse has a story, too. But there’s also a cat down the street keeping an eye on his old master. … Continue reading
Cavalry Baptist survives throughout the years
I once took a church group around Penn Quarter from Cavalry Baptist that wanted to know more about their neighborhood. I wanted to learn more about Cavalry Baptist. I’ve seen the brown brick venue peek out along 8th and H … Continue reading
View from Mount Vernon
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Joseph Henry was no ding-dong
The statue of the man who invented the doorbell stands before a building that has none. Then again, how many castles do? Joseph Henry was a 19th century scientist whose work in electromagnets led him to become the first Secretary … Continue reading
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Tagged best DC walking tours, doorbell, Joseph Henry, Photo by Rick Snider, Smithsonian, statue
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Wordless Wednesday: Indian Head rail trail
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Juarez points the way
My first thought was “Oh great, another person telling me which way to go.” But as I sat at a red light near the Watergate I realized here was another of the Latin American liberators. Former Mexican President Benito Juarez … Continue reading
Horse and Rider trots along
It looks like me ready to fall off, but sculptor Mario Marini’s Horse and Rider is considered an example of a man in control. Sure, if you say so. The seven-foot tall sculpture outside the Hirshhorn Museum is another of … Continue reading
