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Strange But True
When the Japanese launched their sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, football fans at Washington's Griffith stadium were the last to know.
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Prohibition Ends 1933
During Prohibition, dry lawmakers hoped that Washington, D.C. would be a model dry city for the nation. How’d that turn out? Um… Not so well.
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Local Attraction
The 1972 arrival of Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing caused a crazy stir, which First Lady Pat Nixon termed "Panda-monium" in the nation's capital.
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Who said spies can’t be disabled?
Read with your mouth wide open as you discover the story of Virginia Hall, a female amputee spy from Baltimore who helped win World War II.
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Making All D.C. a Stage
In 1967, few would have imagined that the Arena Stage show would be one most influential moments in shaping 1960s Washington.