When David Glasgow Farragut yelled, “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” he probably didn’t think it would propel him into history. Actually, given the circumstances, it might not even have been the smartest of orders. But sure enough, Farragut’s ballsy command helped the naval commander get a huge statue and two metro stops plus a square named after him. It was December 12, 1862, and the ship at the front of the formation, the USS......

December 1 is World AIDS Day, and several vigils and protests are planned in D.C. today and through the weekend to mark the occasion. In the wake of the recent report by the D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration calling the HIV infection rate in the city "a modern epidemic," over 40 protesters are planning to drape themselves in red tape and stage a sit-in on the White House sidewalk by Lafayette Square at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon.......

You may have already heard about the small group of ANSWER Coaltion members who staged a lunchtime event Thursday to protest the District's attempts to get them to stop gluing posters on to utility boxes. Two demonstrators, one an Iraq war veteran and the other the mother of another veteran, were arrested on charges of defacing public property. DCist Tom stumbled on to the scene and snapped these images with his phone -- it's......

Ah Easter. A day traditionally filled with brightly colored eggs and the bunnies that inexplicably lay them, a fat honeyed ham, and clusterbombs. Well, the last one may not be a tradition yet, but the Vineeta Foundation and a coalition of other peace advocacy groups including Code Pink, DAWN, Voters for Peace, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Coalition for Justice and Accountability, Democracy Rising, US Campaign to End the Occupation, Backbone Campaign, After Downing St., Iran Coalition......

We here at DCist have long been fans of Cultural Tourism DC, a non-profit coalition of community organizations that encourage cultural tourism and promote "economic development and hometown appreciation of the capital's rich variety of heritage and arts attractions." We have found their online event directory and weekly newsletters a useful source of information on an eclectic mix of cultural events and sites around the city. Thus, we couldn't help but agree to be an......

WMATA is set to implement some new schedules on a select number of bus lines starting Sunday. While the complete information can be found here, we'll highlight some changes on the D.C. routes affected. D2/Glover Park-Dupont Circle Weekdays, buses will run every 10 minutes during the morning and afternoon peak hours. On Friday nights after 1 a.m., buses will run every 37-38 minutes. And for the last-departing drunk buses from Connecticut Avenue and Q Street......

Ambivalent Images took this photo of a statue and monument in Lafayette Square across from the White House, but didn't know who it memorialized. Well it's Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau, the French general sent to aid George Washington during the American Revolution. This statue was Checkpoint No. 3 in the 2003 Urban Challenge, which this DCist ran. Now on to the Morning Roundup ... More on Anthrax Scare: While it looks......

What a beautiful day it’s been ... Highs were in the 50s and 60s, the skies were mostly clear, as you can see from this DCist photo of the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square taken near sunset. The first day of the New Year’s three-day weekend seems to have played climatological tricks on us. Perhaps Mother Nature has some big mass of Canadian cold air in store for us, but we......

What's on your radar? Here's what we've got: FRIDAY: Mike Watt, formerly of the Minutemen, hits the Black Cat this evening at 9:30 p.m. $10. De La Soul with Butta Verses and ESL's Thunderball and Federico Aubele at the 9:30 Club. Doors open at 10 p.m. $20. In a Halloween state of mind? Why not try a Capital Hauntings Walk? The creepy tour leads you through the Lafayette Square area, where, it's claimed, "restless ghosts......

The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has unveiled a billboard at Lafayette Square across from the White House featuring a large photo of Ronald Reagan reading "Win one for the Gipper / Animal fats DOUBLE your risk of Alzheimer's" According to the group's website, the billboard will be run nationally.......