NE - Heyday DC https://heydaydc.com/tag/ne/ The strange but true life and times of Washington, DC Sat, 25 Mar 2023 14:34:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 64826792 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 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 DC as Canvas: “WallNut” Acorn H Street Art by BroCoLoco https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-canvas-wallnut-acorn-h-street-art-brocoloco/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-canvas-wallnut-acorn-h-street-art-brocoloco https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-canvas-wallnut-acorn-h-street-art-brocoloco/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:18:08 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=910 Created by the brotherly team BroCoLoco, the “WallNut” acorn H Street art appears on the side of the former Korame Home Products building at 620 H Street NE in the Continue Reading →

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]]> https://heydaydc.com/2014/06/dc-canvas-wallnut-acorn-h-street-art-brocoloco/feed/ 2 910 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 2000-Year-Old 7-Year-Old Saint https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/saint-innocent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saint-innocent https://heydaydc.com/2014/04/saint-innocent/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2014 13:00:37 +0000 http://heydaydc.com/?p=49 A frequent refrain of those touring the real Roman Catacombs is “Hey! I wanna see a dead body.” At the replicated Roman Catacombs in DC, you’re in luck. Deep beneath Continue Reading →

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