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A Community Exploring Its Past

The Overbeck Project preserves and publicizes the history of the Capitol Hill community by recording the recollections of its longtime residents, presenting history lectures and promoting historical research.

Lecture Series

Frederick Douglass Bridge from Navy Yard

Bridges of Washington, D.C.: A History

Lecture By :
Bob Dover
November 16, 2026
Using the bridges of Washington, DC, as an index of the times, Bob Dover will explore how the construction, renovation, and demolition of bridges from the mid-1700s to today have reflected historical developments in our Nation's Capital.
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In Memoriam

George Hutchinson

George Hutchinson, known as the last official crier of the United States Supreme Court, died in June 2026 at the age of 102. His oral history, conducted in 2016, explores his childhood growing up in the Stanton Park area with memories of the neighborhood beginning in the 1920s.
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