My family moved to DC in '35. We used to watch the fireworks at the monument, and later at Clifton & 13th Streets at Central High School, which was my school. It is now Cardoza. After my youngest was born, instead of going back to work in a law office, I worked at Gifford's Ice Cream Store in Bethesda, Md. at night. The train crashed in Union Station the day Eisenhower was sworn in as President. The day Kennedy was sworn in, there was a very heavy snow storm, but the Kennedy's got to the Presidential Balls anyhow. The funeral procession for John Kennedy was walking up 17th Street to the Catholic Church on "M" Street, and I was able to view the participants, i.e., Jackie Kennedy and family, President DeGaulle, and the other heads of state, from the sidewalk by the church. I could feel the stillness throughout DC while everyone waited to see if Castro would remove the silos housing missiles. I was in downtown Washington when the announcement came that WWII was over, and everyone went wild. My first thought was to get a cab, go home and get out of there. The first time I saw Nat Cole was at the Brown Derby on Connecticut Avenue. I could go on, but 50 years of memories would take up a bit of space.
Bobbie
I came across your site while looking for the Dixie Pig barbecue on Marlboro Pike...I came to live in Hillside MD when I was 13, went to Maryland Park H.S.for one year, and then to Suitland H.S....I had a Saturday job at Neisner's in DC, and when I graduated H.S., I got a job at Perpetual Building Association at 11th and E NW...I remember a couple of clubs -Rand's, The Hayloft - I remember the Blue Mirror restaurant on 14th st. NW, where my first "grown-up" date took me to dinner. They brought the dessert cart around and when I couldn't make up my mind, he told me topick BOTH!!...I remember that every time we had visitors from out of town, I had to take them to see all the sights - Washington Monument, Smithsonian, etc...Never did go to the White House, though...Picnics at Glen Echo...The trolley to Cabin John...
I had my appendix removed in Sibley Hospital...My three oldest sons
were born in G.W. Univ. Hospital...Before I left DC, I lived in an
apartment at 16th and Fuller NW...I drowned my sorrows many a night at the Café
Don on Connecticut Ave...
Thanks for letting me share...
Thank you
Diane E. Johnson
(301) 351-9542
Just
went online to research
school shootings,
specifically the one
I well remember at
Maryland Park Junior High
(when it was a Jr. High -
it had earlier been a High
School I think), during
the early 1950's. I
was in 8th or 9th grade at
the time. One of the
students (I did not know
him) came to school with a
gun. My P.O.D.
teacher Mr. Richards tried
to take it from him and
was killed. The boy
also shot (but didn't
kill) a coach and the Vice
Principal before he was
stopped. All of us
were in shock over it and
talked of little else for
days. I can't
remember if they ever
determined a reason, or
what happened to the boy.
Thanks
for all the good memories
of D.C. I
particularly loved the
National Gallery of Art
& the Botanical
Gardens (by the Capitol).
Left MD in 1981 because of
the traffic and have never
regretted it, but do miss
all the wonderful free
museums, zoo, etc.
Margaret
(Pross)
Born
1941 in downtown D.C.
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What
great memories. I
have been trying to write
down what I remember of
taking ballet lessons from
M. Leon Fokine and
Ms. Marian Venable in a
subterranean studio near S
and Connecticut. I
remember buying leotards
and so forth at a great
ballet store with a name
like Selva's or Selby's
but don't remember the
exact name or
where it was.
My
favorite Hot Shoppes
memory was going to the
one in Shirlington with a careful
of friends in my
father's 1950 green
Ford when I had been
told explicitly not to
drive anywhere except
straight to my friend
Carolyn's house and
especially not to allow
anyone else in the
car. Of course the
car stalled and I couldn't
get it started.
Panic! There was a
sorority from
another high school
there. All the girls
were dressed weirdly
during hazing. And
they all came to my rescue
- gathering round and
together pushing the
car until I could pop the
clutch and start it.
Eternal gratitude!
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Dorothy in
Arlington
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We lived at the Burlington Hotel in '53, '54 and '55 and I went to Strong John Thompson public elementary school at the corner of 12th and L Streets, right next door to the Washington News. I lost contact with my little girlfriend Laura Saslaw who lived around the corner. We roller skated all over the city, sampled different church coffee hours each Sunday (the best was at the National City Christian Church at Thomas Circle) and played with our movie star paperdolls and ginny dolls by the hour.
Jane Wolford Gavin
I
use to drink beer ($.25 each at The Hill
Top, usually after school……………up
How
about a place in
I
was
born
in
N.W.
D.C.
was
raised
in
S.E.
went
to
Bryan,
Hine,
Chamberlain
and
Eastern.
Many
trips
to
Lincoln
Park,
to
Highs,
Peoples,
riding
the
street
car
to
Glen
Echo,
also
going
to
Marshall
for
the
day.
I
lived
there
before
B
STREET
BECAME
INDEPENDENCE
AVE,
use
to
play
Hop-Scotch
in the
street,
play
tag.
Would
love
to
hear
from
anyone
who
was going
to
Bryan
Elem.
1938.
who
lived
in
S.E. ???
1933
-
1956
went
to
Bryan,
Hine,
Eastern
and
Chamberlain,
oh
the
memories
of
those
days...Lincoln
Park,
Stanton
Park,
Peoples,
Highs,
cold
watermelons
for
.10
-
.25cents,
trips
to
Eastern
Market,
Little
Tavern
and
the
movies
could
go
on
forever
anyone
one
in
this
era,
please
email
msmom526.msn.com
Margie
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Do
YOU have any memories of D.C.? If so, please
e-mail
me and I will add them to this page.
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