Achieving statehood would obviously take a while, but how long should it take D.C. to get a single statue in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol? Just as long, as it seems. more ›

And now we turn back to the most important issue in these trying times: just when in the hell is the District going to be getting its spots in Statuary Hall? more ›

Capitol Hill's Lincoln Park was the first public space named in honor of President Lincoln, in 1867. A few years later, a statue commemorating the emancipation of American slaves was placed in the park, with none other than Frederick Douglass speaking at the unveiling. Thirty-five years ago the orientation of the statue -- originally toward the U.S. Capitol -- was reversed, so that Lincoln now faces the more recently installed statue of Mary McLeod Bethune, which was officially unveiled on July 10, Bethune's birthday, in 1974. more ›

Reader Amber Lupin writes in: more ›