Category: History

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

WFY | December 6, 2018

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.

History

The “original” I-695 briefly returns to D.C.

WFY | August 23, 2018

Washington, D.C. transportation department briefly unveiled an I-695 sign, a road not constructed, that had been covered up for nearly half-a-century.

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On this day in 1942: Walter Johnson and Babe Ruth face off one final time to raise money for war relief

WFY | August 23, 2017

Video of Washington Senators great Walter Johnson pitching to New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth in 1942 at Yankee Stadium to raise money for Army-Navy War Relief.

History

R.I.P. “Baseball Bill” Holdforth

WFY | June 1, 2017

Obituary for "Baseball Bill" Holdforth, D.C. sports folk hero and Capitol Hill bartender. He antagonized Bob Short over several years for moving the Washington Senators to Texas.