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The To Do List, Week of May 26, 2023
thehillishome.com...Memorial Day weekend is this weekend and the PBS National Memorial Day concert is happening on Sunday, May 28, starting at 8 p.m.... ...This tweet by Capitol Police has additional info for road closures around the area.... ...On Saturday, May 27 at 11:30 a.m., join East City Books for a virtual event celebrating The Limelight Series for Jewish-American Heritage Month....

Hill Buzz
thehillishome.com...At the beginning of the roundtable, Allen references the arrest of Nakita Marie Walker (WaPo).... ...First up: if you missed Charles Allen"s dangerous driving roundtable yesterday, it's still up on his Facebook page.... ...James Perry, journalist Bill Press, neighbors Maureen Shea and Kenn Allen, Reach Incorporated and Everybody Wins DC were all recognized for their... ...WTOP The Capitol Hill Community Foundation held their Achievement Awards last night at St. Mark"s Episcopal Church....

Lost Capitol Hill: James Wilson and William Nokes
thehillishome.com...Whenever I am at a loss for a subject to write about, I go back to my store of articles about the Washington Navy Yard to find something that happened... ...And so, today we will look at the death of two sailors at the Navy Yard in 1859.... ...James Wilson, the Star reported, was “a seafaring man, married, with one child.” while William Nokes “was a married man, and was preparing to become... ...The Washington Evening Star reported the grisly details that evening: Wilson was killed instantly, half his head being blown off; Nokes lived but...