monuments - Heyday DC https://heydaydc.com/tag/monuments/ 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 Wish We Were Here: DC Postcards #14 https://heydaydc.com/2014/09/dc-postcard-14/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-postcard-14 https://heydaydc.com/2014/09/dc-postcard-14/#respond Mon, 08 Sep 2014 13:14:28 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=1107 Here’s our latest hand-altered DC postcard — both are green, both speak with accents and both sold the American people insurance against fear.

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/09/dc-postcard-14/feed/ 0 1107 Wish We Were Here: DC Postcards #13 https://heydaydc.com/2014/09/dc-postcard-13/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-postcard-13 https://heydaydc.com/2014/09/dc-postcard-13/#respond Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:13:51 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=1101 Lucky #13 in our series is yet another silly altered DC postcard — our homage to Miley Cyrus being “more quirky than twerky” during her visit to Verizon Center last Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/09/dc-postcard-13/feed/ 0 1101 Folklife Festival 2014 Features “America’s No. 1 Enemy” and “Obama’s Birthplace” https://heydaydc.com/2014/07/folklife-festival-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=folklife-festival-2014 https://heydaydc.com/2014/07/folklife-festival-2014/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2014 13:58:29 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=982 The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is the annual event in which America feigns interest in cultural traditions that are not her own, typically from countries we consider to be our pals. Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/07/folklife-festival-2014/feed/ 2 982 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 Wish We Here — DC Postcards #9 https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-postcards-9/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-postcards-9 https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-postcards-9/#respond Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:03:13 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=947 Happy Summer Solstice 2014, the longest day of the year! Here’s our latest altered DC postcard, encouraging you to tour DC’s Space Needle, follow the National Arboretum trail to the Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-postcards-9/feed/ 0 947 Union Station Roman Legionnaires: Behind the Shields https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/union-station-roman-legionnaires/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=union-station-roman-legionnaires https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/union-station-roman-legionnaires/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2014 16:47:06 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=875 More than 90,000 visitors pass through Union Station daily and, thanks to a group of foresighted railroad officials now long dead, most of those visitors will never have to see Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/union-station-roman-legionnaires/feed/ 9 875 TRUMPed! Old Post Office Closes for New Hotel https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/old-post-office-trump-hotel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-post-office-trump-hotel https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/old-post-office-trump-hotel/#respond Thu, 01 May 2014 15:53:02 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=704 Goodbye, Old Post Office Tower. We’ll miss you and your most spectacular views of Washington, DC. See you in 2016. Today the Old Post Office at 12th and Pennsylvania Avenue Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/05/old-post-office-trump-hotel/feed/ 0 704 Wish We Were Here — DC Postcards #3 https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-postcards-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-postcards-3 https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-postcards-3/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:30:50 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=470 The third in our series of silly altered DC postcards…

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-postcards-3/feed/ 0 470 As American as Cherry Pie … and Sushi https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-cherry-blossoms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-cherry-blossoms https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-cherry-blossoms/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:00:05 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=447 Each spring, thousands make their annual pilgrimage to DC to gaze in awe at the riotous blooming of the Japanese cherry trees. Poet Pablo Neruda, distinctly not Japanese, once wrote, Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-cherry-blossoms/feed/ 0 447 Wish We Were Here! — DC Postcards #2 https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-postcards-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-postcards-2 https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/dc-postcards-2/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:00:36 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=349 The second installation in our silly series of altered DC postcards that we’d like to see on the souvenir shop racks…

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