Donna Evers

The wine business has taken off in Virginia, with over 200 licensed wineries in the state, and a growing enthusiasm ...

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It wasn’t until Franklin Roosevelt’s second term that presidential inaugurations were moved to Jan ...

When George Washington rode off to war in June 1776, he told Martha he would come back home in the ...

Washington, D.C., used to be a smaller town than it is now, especially when Henry Adams moved to the ...

Unfortunately, we live in an era where heroes are suspect. Larger-than-life figures like Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln have been ...

The party scene in Washington changes with different administrations, and each presidency has a subtle but important influence on its ...

Like the cathedrals of Europe, many of our monuments in Washington are rich with symbolism, and can be “read,” especially ...

This spring marks the 100-year anniversary of Japan’s gift of cherry trees to beautify the Tidal basin and National ...

The Washington Monument is the single most recognized icon in our cityscape, yet its creation had a turbulent beginning, middle ...

In the 6th arrondissement in Paris, where the rue des Beaux-Arts meets rue Bonaparte, stands a venerable building which was more influential on architecture in Washington than any other institution, present or past. The Ecole des Beaux-Arts was the training ground for so many great American architects in the Gilded Era of Washington, including the charming maestro of Beaux Arts architecture, Jules Henri de Sibour.

Lucky the girl who has a best-selling song named after her! In this case, the girl was one of the ...

The plantation that would eventually become Arlington National Cemetery was originally the inheritance of George Washington Parke Custis who, in ...

While historians generally believe the term “lobbyist” came from England circa 1800, it is part of our local lore that ...

Washington’s Gilded Era between 1880 and 1929 had its share of characters, and Mary Foote Henderson was one of ...