The Tulip Disaster

November 11, 1864

George Washington Unclothed

Horatio Greenough's semi-naked statue of George Washington personifying Zeus is on the second floor of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History near the elevators.

Fort Washington on the Potomac

An utter failure when when it was needed, Fort Washington was never needed again.

Anna Ella Carroll

Maryland's Most Distinquished Lady

Anna Ella Carroll has been called a feminist heroine, military strategist and unacknowledged member of Lincoln's cabinet and a self-promoting fraud.

The Tallest Building in Washington

 Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Frank Kameny's Way

Once Upon a Gay Time

 17th Street between P Street and R Street: Frank Kameny Way