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The success of the Redskins in the 1980s and early 1990s vaulted the team to become one of the most important and widely supported sports franchises in the country. In the D.C. area, the Redskins were perhaps the most important cultural entity, as stores would close and people would return to their homes or go to bars to watch Redskins games.
The Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame is a hall of fame celebrating sportspeople in the Washington, D.C. area. It is located in left field of Nationals Park . It was established in 1980 as the Washington Hall of Stars at RFK Stadium, [1] but went dormant for about a decade starting around 2001. Nominees for inclusion, as determined by a ...
This is a list of photographs considered the most important in surveys where authoritative sources review the history of the medium not limited by time period, region, genre, topic, or other specific criteria. These images may be referred to as the most important, most iconic, or most influential—but they are all considered key images in the ...
DC was founded in June 1994 by Damon Way, Ken Block and Clayton Blehm. [2] It was originally based in Carlsbad, California, but is now based in Huntington Beach, California. [3] DC originally stood for "Droors Clothing," but since the sale of Droors Clothing [when?], DC no longer has ties to Droors and is simply DC Shoes, Inc. [2]
William Betts (umpire) Callum Black. Sam Boardman. Peter Boyd. James Bradford (weightlifter) Tim Brant. Brooke Brewer. Derek Brown (handballer) Martha Burton.
Sarah Urist Green (born 1979), PBS art program creator and former museum curator; born in D.C. Petey Greene (1931–1984), radio and TV talk show host; born in D.C. Tim Gunn (born 1953), TV personality and fashion expert; born in D.C.
38°54′05″N 77°02′46″W. / 38.901444°N 77.046167°W / 38.901444; -77.046167 ( Cleveland Abbe House) Cleveland Abbe, a prominent meteorologist who became known as the father of the National Weather Service, lived in this house from 1877 to 1909. Previous occupants in the early decades of the 19th century included James ...
Bead Museum, closed December 2008, [ 8] museum website. Black Fashion Museum, founded 1979, moved to Washington in 1994, closed in 2007 and collection donated to the National Museum of African American History and Culture [ 9][ 10] Corcoran Gallery of Art, open 1869–2014.