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Those who fail to learn from it are destined to repeat it.

Featured, History, Nats/MLB 2020, Washington Nationals Posted onAugust 2, 2020December 31, 2020

OTD 1945: Washington’s Bert Shepard pitched 5+ innings on an artificial leg

A WWII hero with one leg wanted to pitch in the MLB. In 1945, he got his chance. – The PostSeventy-five years ago today in […] Read More

Alexandria, BeltwayLand, Bicycling, History, Transportation Posted onMay 7, 2020February 20, 2021

OTD: Wilkes Street Tunnel opened

On May 7, 1851, the Orange and Alexandria Railroad opened the Wilkes Street Tunnel. @dcbikehistory posted an extensive history of the tunnel: I regularly cycle […] Read More

Food and Drink, History, Virginia Posted onFebruary 18, 2019December 31, 2020

A beer I used to drink: Yuengling’s post-civil war brewery in Richmond

Yuengling had a post-Civil War brewery in Richmond, Va. for about a decade

History, Northeast Corridor, Pennsylvania, Transportation, Travel Posted onDecember 6, 2018December 31, 2020

Philadelphia: Amtrak’s last split-flap Solari board has weeks to live

The last split-flap display in the Amtrak system will be removed from Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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