Cocktails and Campaigns: JFK and Jackie’s Whirlwind Romance

Today’s Historic America Journal entry is the second of our two-part series on presidential love stories in preparation for our limited-run Presidential Sweethearts Tour. If these true tales capture your imagination, you’re in luck! A ticket for our Presidential Sweethearts Tour is the perfect Valentine's Day gift for the history nerd in your life. More information about the tour can be found on our website or our Eventbrite page. In our final piece for this series, we journey back in time to visit John F. Kennedy and Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.

The EditorsFebruary 10, 2022Historic America Tours, Valentine's Day, Presidential Sweethearts, John F. Kennedy, JFK, Jackie Kennedy, Martin's Tavern, Engagement, History Nerd, GeorgetownComment

Preserving Mount Zion

Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic treasure in Washington DC. Visible from the grounds of Oak Hill, are the grounds of Mount Zion and Female Union Band Society cemeteries. The contrast of picturesque, meticulously preserved Oak Hill Cemetery, to the peculiar blight just east of it’s boundary, is a visual representation of systemic inequity, the indignities of segregation, and the devastating cultural erasure of gentrification.

Rachel TraceyFebruary 22, 2021Mt Zion Cemetery, Oak Hill Cemetery, Dead White and Blue, Rural cemetery movement, blackhistorymonth, Black History, DC Black history, Washington DC, Black Georgetown, Georgetown, Mount Zion, Washington DC Black History, Mary Logan JenningsComment

History America Behind the Scenes: Dead, White, and Blue

Join Historic America’s Aaron Killian and Christopher Surridge behind the scenes of the next installment of our “Dead, White, and Blue” series at Oak Hill Cemetery! While you wait however, make sure to catch up on the stories of famous Americans buried at Washington DC’s Congressional Cemetery.

The EditorsFebruary 4, 2021Dead White and Blue, John Philip Sousa, J. Edgar Hoover, Matthew Brady, Congressional Cemetery, Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington DC, GeorgetownComment

Historic America Presents: The Old Print Gallery

I recently placed a visit to The Old Print Gallery in Washington, DC's Georgetown neighborhood to learn about the history of printmaking and see the amazing collection of classic American prints the space has to offer. For lovers of historic American art, The Old Print Gallery is like Candy Land and I was really excited that they allowed us to film inside.

Aaron KillianDecember 10, 2014Historic America, Aaron Killian, Georgetown, Old Print Gallery, Printmaking, Prints, Lithograph, Wood Engraving, American Art, Winslow Homer, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Washington Monument, Bull Run, New WorldComment