Freedmen's Bureau in Washington: Need Help? Move.
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The post-Civil War work of the Freedmen’s Bureau was curtailed from the start.
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Steamboats Across the Potomac
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Fortunately, a much calmer boat ride to Nats Park from the Alexandria waterfront last week than in October 1862.
Read MoreThe First Independence Day after the End of the Civil War
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Here’s how Julia Wilbur—and finally liberated African Americans—celebrated July 4, 1865, in Washington, DC.
Read MoreThey Knew Lincoln
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A conversation at Ford's Theatre on April 16--D.C. Emancipation Day--between historian Kate Masur and journalist Michele Norris about this fascinating book and its original author, John E. Washington
Read MoreSusan Ireland's Boarding House on Seventh Street
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Among Susan Ireland's investments was the building where Clara Barton lived in the 1860s. But how did Ireland get her money, and how could she invest as a woman in that era?
Read MoreFinding Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office
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Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office was lost for decades. Here's how it was found.
Read MoreWhat Lies Beneath?
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What will a trip to the Kiplinger Library at the DC Historical Society (future home of an Apple Store) reveal?
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2016 & 1866, Washington, DC
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Washington, DC, September 24, 2016--opening of African American History Museum and Library of Congress Book Festival. September 24, 1866--visits to Andrew Johnson and a cure for a "secret disease"
Read More"In Their Footsteps": Women's Suffrage in Washington, DC
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On a Washington walking tour that highlights women's suffrage--and how Julia Wilbur fit into some of the struggles.
Read MoreMissing Soldiers Office Now Open
/A great addition to understand the "people" side of the Civil War--Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office is now open.
Read MoreSumner Building, Sept. 2, 1872
/Julia Wilbur attended the dedication of the Sumner School on September 2, 1872. Here's some background.
Read MoreBook Topic: Civil War Washington
/In 1942, Margaret Leech won a Pulitzer for her book Reveille in Washington 1860-1865. The book was one of the first--maybe the first?--to describe Washington as a living, breathing, and, it would have to be said, smelling place, filled with characters large and small.
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