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What an Inspiration!!! What would YOU do???15 comments

kelihasablog wrote 1 month ago: I love this picture. It’s very symbolic to me, but probably not at all what the artist meant. … more →

Tags: About Me, Art, Cancer, Choices, confusion, Dear to my heart, Emotions, Faith, Heartbreak

The Guy in the Glass

northbayrecoverycenter wrote 7 months ago: The Basement Recovery Project held their movie premiere of “The Guy in The Glass”, a story about a m … more →

a Personal Story

northbayrecoverycenter wrote 7 months ago: The following story I found on a great addiction and recovery web site called Wired In To Recovery. … more →

Tags: after-care, 12 Steps, family disease, Wired In To Recovery

give: a personal story4 comments

jolynproject wrote 9 months ago: Share a personal story with someone. Open yourself up in front of a person. Allow your heart to beat … more →

Tags: Give, Share Your Story

More on Marjorie Morris, the "Whoopee Party" Girl

Ghosts of DC wrote 10 months ago: I was trying to dig up a photo, or at least some more information on what happened to Marjorie. I wa … more →

Tags: Faces & Places of Yesterday, Featured, 1940s, 1920s, Marjorie Morris, Beaver PA, nagasaki, Philippines

The Crazy Family Problems of Real Estate Man William Matteson8 comments

Ghosts of DC wrote 1 year ago: Initially, this was going to be part of the previous post about Cathedral Highlands, but it was too … more →

Tags: From The Crazy Vault, 1910s, u s census, death, Divorce, 13th St. NW, Lamont St. NW, William F. Matteson, John A. Stutz

Move to Cathedral Highlands: An Unobstructed View of the Entire Surrounding Country8 comments

Ghosts of DC wrote 1 year ago: It’s been a little while since we’ve done a “Reader’s Choice” post, so … more →

Tags: *Reader's Choice*, Featured, 1900's, 1910s, Washington Post, wisconsin ave nw, Grover Cleveland, Cathedral Highlands, Cathedral Heights

100 Years Ago Today: Major Archibald Butt, D.C. Resident, Boards Titanic for Transatlantic Crossing8 comments

Ghosts of DC wrote 1 year ago: This post went up at exactly 8 a.m. this morning local time, which is twelve noon Greenwich Mean Tim … more →

Tags: Historical Events, This Day in History, Featured, Titanic, The White House, teddy roosevelt, william h taft, Archibald Butt, Southampton

Keys to Success

Ilicia A Gordon wrote 1 year ago: Do you ever feel like you don’t know what your purpose in life is? Or that you don’t hav … more →

Tags: Failure, Depression, Hopeless, Fear, Doubt, change, Success!, greatness, Destiny

Pauline Floyd: Youngest Woman to Practice Before the Supreme Court2 comments

Ghosts of DC wrote 1 year ago: Pauline Floyd in 1922 (Shorpy) Pauline Floyd was a pioneer and an excellent role model for women pur … more →

Tags: 1900's, 1910s, 1920s, 11th St. NW, Washington Times, M St NW, Pauline Floyd, Washington College of Law, American University

Robert H. Muir: Manager of The Cairo5 comments

Ghosts of DC wrote 1 year ago: There were a couple of requests a short while back to do a post on The Cairo, the most famous reside … more →

Tags: ancestry.com, u s census, Dupont Circle, 17th St. NW, Adams Morgan, The Cairo, St. Aloysius Church

Meet Officer Sprinkle - Captured Geronimo, Bodyguard for Wilson and Prohibition Violator28 comments

Ghosts of DC wrote 1 year ago: A couple of reader comments about an Officer Sprinkle in this earlier post piqued my interest in fin … more →

Tags: 1900's, Arlington Cemetery, 1910s, u s census, 1920s, death, 1890s, Madison St. NW, 12th St. NW

Henry Elphinstone Wins the 1911 Laurel to D.C. Marathon1 comment

Ghosts of DC wrote 1 year ago: Technically, it wasn’t a full marathon as it was only 20 miles, but young Henry Elphinstone fr … more →

Tags: 1910s, Baltimore, marathon, Henry Elphinstone, Running, ancestry.com, u s census, Beltsville MD, Constitution Ave NW

Nick Altrock: A Columbia Heights Major Leaguer10 comments

Ghosts of DC wrote 1 year ago: I love D.C. and I am also obsessed with baseball…so fittingly, my first post will merge the tw … more →

Tags: 1930s, Trinity Towers, Washington Senators, Nick Altrock, Washington Nationals, World Series, Major League Baseball, u s census, Irish Free State


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