The end of the “regular” DC guiding season is (thankfully) upon us as students complete the school year and head out for their summer adventures. I spent this final week with fifty Midwestern 8th-graders who were smart and well mannered which is a nice though somewhat rare combination. Tuesday evening we walked some of the […]
That’s as in “John Paul”. He added the “Jones” after killing a sailor (“running him through”) while he was a merchant marine captain sailing in the Caribbean. He escaped to America, adopted the pseudonym and expected to lay low, but the war with Britain intervened. Though born in Scotland, John Paul readily took to America […]
Washington, D.C., is a city of monuments and memorials, and some of the best are just off the beaten track. Steps away from busy streets are statuary and other works of art representing people and events, minor and major, from America’s past. When next in the City, check these gems out. For many decades, Washington, […]
Washington, D.C., is a city of monuments and memorials, some of the best of them just off a very well beaten track. Steps away from busy streets are statuary and other works of art representing people and events, minor and major, from America’s past. When next in the City, check these gems out. John Marshall […]