Sites tagged "Neighborhood History": 2
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Finding Asian American History: Range 99 at Congressional Cemetery
From 1896 to 1936, nearly 100 Chinese were buried in this cemetery. They were among the first migrants from China to DC, and their remains were later exhumed according to Chinese traditions and shipped back to China for reburial and essential family…
Senator Theater
Designed by architect John J. Zink, K-B Theatres opened the Senator Theatre on February 19, 1942 with 946 available seats. The first film shown in the communal space was Alfred Hitchcock’s “Suspicion." The auditorium had large murals with classical…