“Dear PoPville,
I saw your 2014 post asking if anyone knew about the Susan Carter plaque near the Smithsonian Castle. You are right. It was a memorial to a friend of mine who was killed by a car while riding her bike home from work that December in 1993. (more…)
Thanks to Emma for sending: “Leo on the Titanic Memorial. It just feels right, y’know?”
Ed. Note: I had our crack forensics team make sure this is not a photoshop. Close up: (more…)
From a press release:
“Friday, May 27 – Sunday, May 29, 2022
The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor – a temporary installation honoring the more than 645,000 American servicemembers who gave their lives in service to our nation since World War I – will return to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for Memorial Day weekend. (more…)
“L to R: Fido Lincoln, Bo Obama, Pushinka Kennedy” photo by wwwchris
Thanks to Chris and Grace for sharing. Sadly only a pop up, (more…)
Thanks to Nancy for sending “photographs taken after the disaster at 18th & Columbia by neighborhood news photographer at the time Hugh Miller”
From a press release:
“Neighbors for the Knickerbocker Memorial in Adams Morgan Commemorate Lives Lost and Changed Forever 100 Years Ago by Collapse of the Knickerbocker Theatre Under 28′ of Snow
98 Lives Lost, 130 Injured, in the Most Deadly Single Incident in DC History.
Neighbors for the Knickerbocker Memorial in Adams Morgan will commemorate lives lost and changed forever 100 years ago by collapse of the Knickerbocker Theatre roof under 28 feet of snow. At the public gathering a sculpture will be dedicated by local artist Cesar Maxit to the 98 people who died, 133 injured and to first responders to what remains the deadliest single incident in DC’s history. (more…)
Thanks to Jonathan for sending the update from Logan Circle above. And thanks to Jenna for sending the rehab coming to Dupont Circle below: (more…)
1800 block of Columbia Road, NW
Thanks to Andrea for sending the above and thanks to GK for below.
We’ve learned that Nina was a server at Mintwood Place: (more…)
photo by Master of All Metal
From the Washington National Cathedral:
“The funeral of former Secretary of State Colin Powell will be held at Washington National Cathedral on Friday, November 5, 2021 at 12 noon ET. Secretary Powell, who served for decades in and out of uniform starting with his service in the Vietnam War, was also national security advisor from 1987 to 1989 and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993. Numerous military and Congressional leaders are expected to be in attendance. (more…)
photo by Stephen Spaulding
From the Washington National Cathedral (3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW):
“On Tuesday, October 5 at 5 pm EST, the Cathedral will toll the Bourdon bell 700 times, once for every 1,000 American COVID-19 deaths. The toll is expected to take about 70 minutes.”
photo by wwwchris
CNN reports: “1 in 500 US residents has died of Covid-19
As of Tuesday night, 663,913 people in the US have died of Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University data. According to the US Census Bureau, the US population as of April 2020 was 331.4 million.”
“In America: Remember
This fall, 610,000+ flags will honor all Americans who have died from COVID
@suzannefirstenberg | Visit Sept 17-Oct 3, 2021” (more…)