140 rock Creek Church Rd, NW across from Slash Run and the Hitching Post
Ben (and Loren) ask last night:
“Any clue why we are hearing Taps around 9pm in north petworth/brightwood park many nights? It sounds like someone is playing it, not a recording.”
Rachel replied, it’s from the “Old Soldiers Home, every night at 8:56pm.”
“Dear PoPville,
Any idea what this is? Showed up seemingly since last night at the grassy patch at the corner of 16th and U St NW. Just a suspended chandelier. I know it’s spooky season but still…”
Ed. Note: From time to time chandeliers appear randomly floating around town.
A reader reports Wednesday:
“My husband and I woke up this morning to a yellow paint circle on our front porch. We’re assuming this is just random vandalism, but we’re curious if others in the neighborhood also had an unwanted mess to clean up this morning. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
In a front yard in Woodley Park… there are at least six. I’ve seen garden gnomes before but never this many and this creepy. (more…)
1739 Connecticut Ave, NW
Thanks to Paul (and everyone else) for sending the evolution of the Microscope “Store” in Dupont. (more…)
Meredith asks: “Anyone know what the heck this balloon is? I’ve seen it a few times, perhaps construction-related? Looks to be in Penn Quarter or further to the southwest.” (more…)
Update: A reader says it’s part of The Return:
“NATIONAL AND GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER AND REPENTANCE”
Thanks to Dylan for sending. I’m guessing it’s for the WWII Flyover on Friday but anyone know for sure? (more…)
Photo by Victoria Pickering
Update: Cancelled due to weather. More info as we get it.
From Facebook: “Well, we tried, but we never got the weather visibility we needed for the #ww2flyover so today’s flight is off. The weather was supposed to clear in time but it never cooperated with us so we will try again tomorrow at 11:30am EDT. Stay tuned for announcements in the morning. When we know, you’ll know! Keep your fingers crossed.”
From the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover:
“Approximately 65 World War II aircraft will take to the skies over Washington D.C. on September 25th. Starting at 11:30am ET, these historically sequenced warbird formations will fly over the Washington Mall in two minute intervals. The formations will represent the War’s major battles concluding with a missing man formation.”
Ed. Note: This event has been happening since at least 2015 and is definitely a sight to see.
Photo by Doug Landry
Jax (and others) with some serious frustration yesterday (to see in real time follow @PoPville on twitter):
“Why are the circling just about daily in certain areas in DC?”
Some responses: “In addition to the Marine one and decoys, park police starts circling 20 mins before each lift off and touch down.”
“1st Helicopter Squadron out of Andrews in holding patterns waiting for National traffic to clear for transport of minor VIPs.”
“For at least the past 30 min, a single Marine One (Presidential) Helicopter has been circling my neighborhood from about 12th St NW to 7th and M St NW to P. This is definitely not normal! What is going on?”
“Holding pattern. Standard military procedure, just sucks that is was over a residential area. Maybe they wanted to check out the Logan circle/Shaw area today.”
“At the time you saw it, Trump was about to leave the White House on Marine One headed to Andrews. (more…)
Countdown as of 11:54am Wednesday
From an email:
“the basics are: city-wide blast at 5:00 pm on Friday 9/18 to announce the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, which begins that evening. Anyone who has a shofar (ram’s horn) is invited to blow the shofar from wherever they will be. If they’d like, they can pin their location on the map at www.theblastdc.com so others in their vicinity can hear. If folks don’t have a shofar but want to hear a blast, they can check out the pins on the map and find something in hearing distance nearby.”