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“Lincoln’s Secretary’s Secretary” Arrives to Oak Hill!
A Fascinating Read About One of Oak Hill’s Famous Residents and His Daughter: “Lincoln’s Secretary’s Secretary” Did you know that Abraham Lincoln’s secretary, John Nicolay, is buried at Oak Hill?…
February 7, 2019
In the Press
John W. Gill, 1922-2019
John Worden Gill, a fourth-generation Washingtonian, died peacefully on Jan. 24 of natural causes at the age of 96. He was the son of Juliet Howison Parris Gill and Theodore…
January 28, 2019
In the Press
Raising a final toast to Rose, the Clyde’s customer who charmed and mystified
More than a hundred people gathered at the Clyde’s in Georgetown on Monday night to celebrate Rose Kearney, a longtime customer who died in July. There were crab cakes and…
November 20, 2018
In the Press
“Someone Died Here”: A Haunted History Of Washington
“If you want to understand a place,” Colin Dickey writes in Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places, “Ignore the boastful monuments and landmarks, and go straight to the haunted…
October 31, 2018