holidays - Heyday DC https://heydaydc.com/tag/holidays/ The strange but true life and times of Washington, DC Fri, 18 Sep 2020 18:13:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 64826792 How Chinese Is Chinatown DC? https://heydaydc.com/2014/12/how-chinese-is-chinatown-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-chinese-is-chinatown-dc https://heydaydc.com/2014/12/how-chinese-is-chinatown-dc/#respond Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:11:39 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=1278 What’s in a place name anyway? If you’ve ever been to Germantown, Md., you’ve probably noticed that it’s not all beer halls, lederhosen and St. Pauli girls. But when you Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/12/how-chinese-is-chinatown-dc/feed/ 0 1278 Veterans Day — Celebrating Those Who Served https://heydaydc.com/2014/11/veterans-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=veterans-day https://heydaydc.com/2014/11/veterans-day/#respond Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:38:12 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=1254 Major hostilities of World War I ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the time at which the Armistice with Germany was Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/11/veterans-day/feed/ 0 1254 Wish We Were Here: DC Postcards #15 https://heydaydc.com/2014/10/dc-postcard-15/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-postcard-15 https://heydaydc.com/2014/10/dc-postcard-15/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:39:45 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=1210 What’s scarier than congressional campaign ads? Is it Ebola? Or ISIS? Or two Republican Houses of Congress? Nooooo, silly, it’s our latest DC postcard. HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Eat, drink and be Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/10/dc-postcard-15/feed/ 0 1210 Born to Be Mild: Rolling Thunder Rumbles into DC https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/rolling-thunder-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rolling-thunder-dc https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/rolling-thunder-dc/#respond Wed, 28 May 2014 00:13:34 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=829 On Memorial Day weekend, the patriotic motorcycle rally Rolling Thunder rumbled into DC for its annual tribute to our country’s veterans. Tens of thousands of Baby Boomer bikers roared down Continue Reading →

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