Key	Imgs	Short Description
2003_DC_Pitch_030916	3	Capitol Hill History Project -- Anthony Pitch (The Burning of Washington) Author Anthony S Pitch came in to discuss his book "The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814" which included stories about the city as well as the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner.
2016_DC_Douglass_160509	118	Capitol Hill History Project -- Bob Sonderman and Ka'mal McClarin ("Frederick Douglass in Washington") Overbeck Lecture: Frederick Douglass in Washington On Monday, May 9, the Overbeck History Lecture Series welcomes National Park Service museum curators Bob Sonderman and Ka'mal McClarin for an illustrated presentation on Frederick Douglass's years in Washington, including a display of some of the great...
2012_DC_Hays_120207	96	Capitol Hill History Project -- Cindy Hays (Past and Future of Congressional Cemetery) Overbeck Lecture: The Past and Future of Congressional Cemetery On Tuesday, February 7, Cindy Hays will deliver an illustrated Overbeck History Lecture on Congressional Cemetery, its significance to the Capitol Hill community, and its impressive, ongoing restoration by concerned neighbors and friends....
2009_DC_Janke_090922	37	Capitol Hill History Project -- Cindy Janke ("The Onetime Owner of Most of Capitol Hill") Overbeck Lecture: The Onetime Owner of Most of Capitol Hill: Don’t miss it. On Tuesday evening, September 22, local historian Cindy Janke will present an illustrated Overbeck History Lecture on William Prout, the 18th century owner of the land that today comprises most of the Capitol Hill Historic...
2008_DC_Brown_080408	52	Capitol Hill History Project -- C. Dudley Brown (Capitol Hill Row House Designs) On the evening of Tuesday, April 8, the highly respected historic restoration expert C. Dudley Brown will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture on the unique character and features of Capitol Hill’s historic row houses. His presentation will include a pictorial tour along with commentary on the mistakes...
2010_DC_Wolf_100302	50	Capitol Hill History Project -- Dick Wolf (Capitol Hill Restoration Society) Wolf, a longtime leader in neighborhood preservation, will offer an “unauthorized review” of the struggles and accomplishments of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society since its founding in 1955. The storied organization has fought repeatedly and, for the most part, successfully against the destruction...
2002_DC_Morris_020205	28	Capitol Hill History Project -- Edmund and Sylvia Morris ("Theodore Rex") This was the inaugural lecture of the Capitol Hill History Project. Edmund Morris had recently published his second book on Theodore Roosevelt, called "Theodore Rex". He had also written the first in that series, called "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" as well as "Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan." His...
2002_DC_Smith_020910	7	Capitol Hill History Project -- Edward C Smith (Capitol Hill During the Civil War) This meeting was held at the Masonic Naval Lodge Hall. Introduced by John Franzen (chairman of the Ruth Ann Overbeck Capitol Hill History Project) and then Lucinda Janke (Kiplinger Washington Collection), Professor Edward C Smith from American University gave a talk about "Capitol Hill During the Civil...
2006_DC_Marolda_060411	6	Capitol Hill History Project -- Edward Marolda (History of the Navy Yard) A History of the Navy Yard from the Navy’s Top Historian: Few people today are aware of how great a role the Washington Navy Yard has played in the life and development of Capitol Hill. The walled facility at the foot of 8th Street was once the biggest builder of Navy ships in the country, and then...
2011_DC_Brown_111108	52	Capitol Hill History Project -- Gordon Brown ("Captain Who Burned His Ships") Reserve Now for Nov. 8 Overbeck Lecture: "The Captain Who Burned His Ships" On Tuesday, November 8, local author Gordon S. Brown will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture on the growth of the Washington Navy Yard under its first commandant, Captain Thomas Tingey, and the terrible choice he faced...
2012_DC_Morley_120918	57	Capitol Hill History Project -- Jefferson Morley ("Snow-Storm in August") The Overbeck History Lecture Series kicks off its new season on September 18th with a gripping account of Washington's first race riot and the criminal trials that followed, prosecuted by the city's politically ambitious district attorney, Francis Scott Key. Salon Washington correspondent Jefferson...
2008_DC_Vlach_080212	10	Capitol Hill History Project -- John Vlach (African American Housing in 19th Century DC) On Tuesday, February 12, the Overbeck History Project welcomes the noted folklife historian John M. Vlach, who will share findings from his recent studies of African American housing in 19th century DC, offering a visual survey slave quarters, alley dwellings and other residences. This is a return...
2003_DC_Vlach_030408	6	Capitol Hill History Project -- John Vlach (Capitol Hill Before L'Enfant) This was an interesting discussion entitled "Capitol Hill Before L'Enfant" about how Washington DC was founded including the various families whose holdings formed the core of the city. I'd never really understood how it worked but basically the farmers agreed to give up farming and become real estate...
2009_DC_Wennerstein_090414	50	Capitol Hill History Project -- John Wennersten and Robert Pohl ("Abraham Lincoln and the end of Slavery in the District of Columbia") The Overbeck History Project continues its Lincoln bicentennial theme with a lecture by Capitol Hill historians John R. Wennersten and Robert Pohl on the end of slavery in Washington, DC. Emancipation in the District came on April 16, 1862, nine months prior to the general Emancipation Proclamation,...
2005_DC_Browne_050913	6	Capitol Hill History Project -- Joseph Browne (Adolf Cluss) A friend and follower of Karl Marx in his native Germany, Adolf Cluss arrived on Capitol Hill with grand ideas for reforming society and becoming a major architect. He eventually cooled on Communism, but succeeded spectacularly as a designer of some of Washington’s most distinctive landmarks, including...
2011_DC_Smith_110308	27	Capitol Hill History Project -- Kathryn Schneider Smith ("Washington at Home") On Tuesday, March 8, Kathryn Schneider Smith will present an Overbeck History Lecture based on the completely updated second edition of her book Washington at Home: An Illustrated History of Neighborhoods in the Nation's Capital. Using Capitol Hill as a starting point, Smith will explore how DC became...
2014_DC_Wharton_140916	60	Capitol Hill History Project -- Kira Wharton ("History of the US Marine Band") A History of the U.S. Marine Band On Tuesday, September 16, the U.S. Marine Band's historian, Gunnery Sergeant Kira Wharton, will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture on the renowned band's origins at the end of the 18th century and its long and colorful history in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Known...
2014_DC_Anderson_140204	82	Capitol Hill History Project -- Leslie Anderson ("Who Was Michael Shiner?") Reserve Now for February 4 Overbeck Lecture: Who Was Michael Shiner? On Tuesday, February 4, Leslie Anderson will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture on the remarkable life of Michael Shiner, a freed slave who worked at the Washington Navy Yard, rose to prominence in the Capitol Hill community, and...
2006_DC_Janke_060207	3	Capitol Hill History Project -- Lucinda Janke (Breweries of Capitol Hill) “The Breweries of Capitol Hill”: Not a trace of them remains today, but in the late 19th century Capitol Hill boasted two of Washington’s largest breweries, complete with beer gardens and brass bands. Please join us on Tuesday, February 7, for our next Overbeck History Lecture, as we figuratively raise...
2013_DC_Murray_131105	65	Capitol Hill History Project -- Martin Murray ("Walt Whitman") On Tuesday evening, November 5, the Overbeck History Lecture Series will explore Walt Whitman's immersion in the life of his adopted city, Washington, DC, during the Civil War and the following decade. Whitman scholar Martin G. Murray will discuss the poet's many roles here, sharing visual images and...
2007_DC_Canning_070410	10	Capitol Hill History Project -- Mike Canning ("Hollywood on the Potomac") On Tuesday evening, April 10, Hill Rag film critic Michael Canning will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture on the strange, ill-informed and occasionally accurate ways that Hollywood moviemakers have depicted Washington, DC. With clips from films spanning most of the twentieth century, Canning will...
2013_DC_Canning_130205	64	Capitol Hill History Project -- Mike Canning ("Hollywood on the Potomac") On Tuesday evening, February 5, Hill Rag film critic Mike Canning will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture based on his new book Hollywood on the Potomac: How the Movies View Washington, DC. Canning has long been fascinated by the ways that moviemakers have depicted our nation's capital. With clips...
2014_DC_No_Vote_141117	62	Capitol Hill History Project -- Nelson Rimensnyder ("Why DC Has No Vote in Congress") Overbeck Lecture: Why DC Has No Vote in Congress Among all the capital cities of all the democracies in the world, only Washington, DC has no voting representation in its national legislature. How did this happen? And why, after two centuries of trying to rectify the problem, do citizens here still...
2002_DC_Smith_021112	21	Capitol Hill History Project -- Sam and Kathryn Smith This session of the CHHP was a lively discussion by Sam and Kathy Smith, who've been activists on the Hill for years. They discussed life on the Hill from the 1960's forward. Sam was the editor of the Capital East Gazette, a founder of the DC Statehood Party, and the national Green Party. (As John...
2008_DC_Berg_080909	31	Capitol Hill History Project -- Scott W. Berg ("L'Enfant's Grand Avenues") Overbeck Lecture: L’Enfant’s Grand Avenues: The Overbeck History Lecture Series resumes with a new look at the French visionary who designed Washington, DC. Pierre L’Enfant’s critical role in the creation of the federal city will be examined by George Mason University writer and teacher Scott W. Berg at...
2014_DC_Grant_140408	86	Capitol Hill History Project -- Stephen H. Grant ("Collecting Shakespeare") On Tuesday, April 8, Stephen H. Grant will deliver an Overbeck History Lecture on the lives of Henry and Emily Folger, who amassed the world's greatest collection Shakespeare treasurers, including 82 First Folios, and built a library on Capitol Hill to house them. Based on his new book Collecting...
2012_DC_Boasberg_121120	109	Capitol Hill History Project -- Tersh Boasberg (experiences as head of DHPRB) Longtime champion of DC historic preservation Tersh Boasberg will deliver our next Overbeck History Lecture on the evening of Tuesday, November 20, reflecting on his experience as chairman of the District's Historic Preservation Review Board, the DC Zoning Commission, and other leadership roles. A noted...
2004_DC_Kelly_040413	11	Capitol Hill History Project -- Tom Kelly (Sights and Sounds from the 1930s) Capitol Hill native and longtime journalist Tom Kelly, who is currently writing his memoirs, described sights, sounds and characters from his childhood here in the Jazz Age and the Great Depression. Tom Kelly's first newspaper job was as a copy boy at the Washington Post in 1939. After serving in the...

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