bars - Heyday DC https://heydaydc.com/tag/bars/ The strange but true life and times of Washington, DC Sat, 25 Mar 2023 14:38:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 64826792 DC as Canvas: Bohemian Caverns Mural – Miles Misses Shirley https://heydaydc.com/2014/07/bohemian-caverns-mural/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bohemian-caverns-mural https://heydaydc.com/2014/07/bohemian-caverns-mural/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:25:10 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=1018 The Bohemian Caverns mural is half the mural it used to be. Created by artist Alonso Tamayo in 2000, the original artwork spanned the entire north side of the famous Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/07/bohemian-caverns-mural/feed/ 0 1018 Temperance Fountain: Nobody Knows How Dry It Was https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/temperance-fountain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=temperance-fountain https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/temperance-fountain/#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:03:54 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=952 Dr. Henry Cogswell often wondered why anyone would choose an alcoholic beverage over a nice cool drink of water. In his mind, the solution was simple: Build water fountains across Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/temperance-fountain/feed/ 0 952 Today Washington DC Became Capital of the United States https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/washington-dc-became-capital/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=washington-dc-became-capital https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/washington-dc-became-capital/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:58:25 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=927 On June 11, 1800, DC became capital of the United States, leaving the country’s former capital of the previous decade, Philadelphia, to the fate of Pennsylvanians. While Washington, DC, was Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/washington-dc-became-capital/feed/ 0 927 J. Edgar Hoover Ends FBI Legacy Behind Bars https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/j-edgar-hoover-fbi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=j-edgar-hoover-fbi https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/j-edgar-hoover-fbi/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2014 12:25:28 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=413 J. Edgar Hoover, longtime Director of the FBI – the man who spent his life putting others behind bars – spends his eternity behind bars at Congressional Cemetery on the Continue Reading →

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