I think my son’s favorite movie is “Remember the Titans”. (Here is but one blog discussion of the movie.) It’s a loosely truthful account of the events that transpired when the city of Alexandria finally desegregated its schools in the 1970s.
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When I was growing up, today was a big holiday. Washington’s Birthday. And, we also had celebrated Lincoln’s Birthday ten days ago.
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You know I hate fake holidays. So, you shouldn’t have been surprised when there was nary a mention of “President’s Day” this past Monday. Nope.
Continue reading By, George, he was it!
From Alexandria to New York City and back to Alexandria.
News of the death of Herman Boone actually traveled across the USA, but for my son (and his friends) it was a sad moment.
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Part of the lyrics from White Rabbit by Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)- to put you in the mood for this Alice in Wonderland story
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Every day, we hear about the affordable housing crisis across the US. Of course, it’s more acute in places like Silicon Valley and New York City, where the rents for a single bedroom apartment exceed the mortgage payments that most Americans pay.
Continue reading Housing Crisis Response
I bet you wonder why I didn’t add anything special to my blog this past Monday. After all, that was the day that America celebrated “President’s Day”. Having killed the holiday celebrating Abraham Lincoln (12th of February) and today (George Washington’s birthday) to combine them for one.
A few weeks ago, I was invited to attend a session run by Capitol Post. To be honest, I was unfamiliar with this group- but I found out they were affiliated with Bunker Labs. Of them, I had heard.
It’s Black History Month. And, I wrote about Freedom House (1315 Duke Street, Alexandria) a year ago. During its 33 years of operation, some 1 million slaves were sold or traded from this building. Interestingly, these actions occurred even when Alexandria was part of the District of Columbia- Alexandria rejoined the Commonwealth in 1847, after 58 years of Federal Control. (The slave house actually operated from 1828 to 1861; that operation ceased when the US government forcibly took control over the city of Alexandria at the start of the Civil War.)
I don’t know about you, but I always wondered how folks dealt with fire 150 years ago. I mean we’ve all seen the movies that show the town citizens engaging in bucket brigades.
