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- 125 Years of the Washington Post - Vignettes of the history of the city and newspaper since the Washington Post was founded in 1877. Includes articles, photo galleries, and videos.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/post125
- City Museum - Background information and updates on the new local history museum, scheduled to open in 2003. From the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., website.
hswdc.org/City_Museum/City_Museum_index.asp
- Creation of the City Museum - Background paper, press releases and fact sheets about the new local history museum, scheduled to open in 2003.
www.dcwatch.com/mayor/990714.htm
- DC Preservation League - Local historic preservation group. Includes news, calendar of events, an annual listing of most endangered places, and a history of the Greater Fourteenth Street and Logan Circle historic districts.
www.dcpreservation.org
- Flag of the District of Columbia - Brief account of how DC got its flag. From DC Watch magazine.
www.dcwatch.com/richards/0106f.htm
- GenWeb - Local history and genealogy resources, including documents, links to web resources and research guidance.
www.rootsweb.com/~dcgenweb
- George Washington University: Special Collections Dept. - Describes the university library's extensive collections that focus on local history and the history of the university, including manuscript collections, maps, newspapers, and more.
gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gelspec/index.html
- H-DC Discussion Network - A discussion forum, bulletin board, and resource site for local history and culture. Includes links to DC government and print media sites.
www2.h-net.msu.edu/~dclist
- Historic Preservation Program - Information on historic preservation activities, including how the historic preservation process works, design guidelines, brochures on historic districts in the city, and an inventory of historic structures.
www.dchistoric.org
- Historical Society of Washington, DC - Describes the society, its research collections for local history, and the 1890s Heurich House museum, the society's headquarters, built by brewer Christian Heurich.
www.hswdc.org
- History of Fire and Police Call Boxes - Description, uses, and history.
www.foxhall.org/CallBoxHistory.htm
- Origins of the Name District of Columbia - Summarizes the District's evolution as a jurisdiction.
dcpages.com/Tourism/History_and_Culture/041500dcname.shtml
- Political Graveyard - Burial places of politicians.
politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa.html#CEM
- The Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, ca. 1600-1925 - A digital library of 141 books from the collections of the Library of Congress dealing with the history of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland and Virginia. Search by keyword or browse by subject, author, or title. Documents are displayed in text-only or page image form.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/lhcbhtml
- Washington, D.C., Railroad History - Brief chronology of historic railroad events. From the Washington, D.C., Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society website.
www.dcnrhs.org/dc_rail_history.htm
- Washington, DC History - Brief history of the city from 1571 to 1817.
www.dcpages.com/History
- District of Columbia Public Library: Washingtoniana Division - The library's local history section has extensive resources for history and genealogy.
dclibrary.org/washingtoniana
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