Category: Washington, DC
Honoring the Veterans of Vietnam
Every Memorial Day we pay tribute to our family members and servicemen and women who have passed. We honor their lives and the example they…
Covering the Presidents
When Tom Hoy was a newspaper man in Washington D.C. he had the thrill of covering two of the most influential men of the twentieth…
Pictures of the Famous
His pictures have appeared in newspapers and books from coast to coast and around the world…and even though you may have never heard of his…
A Museum for Things Left Behind
It’s a simple memorial. 140 black granite panels containing over 58,000 names. A simple memorial with deep meaning. A place where people come to reflect…
Where Thousands Come to Pay Respect
This Washington D.C. memorial is just a kid when compared to monuments to Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson that are nearby. But in it’s short life,…
Not “Just” a Wall
A few years ago I sat on a park bench and visited with a man about a wall he helped build. This isn’t any ordinary…
An Astronaut Program For Women
In the early 1980s, the United States put its first woman into space, a full two decades after space travel began. So why didn’t women…
Training Another Gender for Outer Space
The first man in space, the first man to orbit the earth, the first man to walk on the moon…you may know those pioneers and…
The Unique Village in the City
It was a village inside Arlington National Cemetery…a place where people found refuge during the Civil War. This is the story of the unique city…
The Historic Spot at Arlington National Cemetery
Although most visitors to Arlington National Cemetery simply see the Tomb of the Unknowns and perhaps the JFK grave site…there are many interesting areas of…
