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Author: Rick Snider

Washington sports writer and tour guide. I tell stories. Tour inquiries to monumentalThoughts@gmail.com.
December 15, 2023December 11, 2023 Rick Snider

The General and the White House

December 13, 2023December 11, 2023 Rick Snider

Hahnemann: Hero of Homeopathy

December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 Rick Snider

Mary Surratt boarding house now Chinese restaurant

December 8, 2023November 21, 2023 Rick Snider

It’s a regular Tool De Force

December 6, 2023November 21, 2023 Rick Snider

National Arboretum worth trip to edge of town

December 4, 2023November 21, 2023 Rick Snider

Woodrow Wilson’s sheep cut White House grass

December 1, 2023November 21, 2023 Rick Snider

The far side of Mount Vernon

November 29, 2023November 21, 2023 Rick Snider

The tree that ate a grave marker

November 27, 2023November 21, 2023 Rick Snider

Thomas T. Gaff isn’t so scary after all

November 23, 2023November 21, 2023 Rick Snider

Grace Coolidge saves Rebecca from being Thanksgiving dinner

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I'm Rick Snider, longtime storyteller of Washington—as a journalist, local tour guide, and history buff. Rick Snider's Washington (MonumentalThoughts) is my corner for stories, anecdotes, photos, and memories as a native Washingtonian. Find me here and on YouTube.

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