Our store will also be freshly-stocked with exciting new items to jumpstart your holiday shopping. Be the first to see our new, DC-inspired merchandise in the shop or check out our one-time-only special frame sale, all while supporting a small nonprofit.

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P.s. We'll be celebrating #SmallBusinessSaturday with creative fun for all ages! Create a one-of-a-kind, collage holiday card and paper ornament using images from the DC History Center collection, alongside festive paper and stickers.

Over the years, following best practices, we’ve deframed many donated items in order to safely rehouse them—and now the frames can be yours! Small ones, large ones, frames-with-glass, frames without: We have lots for you to choose from. All funds raised are restricted for collections care.

📸 Customer buying pie from saleswoman at the Woodward & Lothrop Department Store Food Services, Bakery Counter, c. 1920-1960 (Woodward & Lothrop records, CHS 15007B)

🖼️ Plus enjoy a special frame sale! Over the years, following best practices, we’ve deframed many donated items in order to safely rehouse them—and now they can be yours! All sizes with & without glass: lots to choose from. Shop for a good cause: All funds raised are restricted for collections care.

📸 Interior of a Giant supermarket in 1942 (Miller-Gillette Washington Seen photograph collection, MG 8.23, original from Library of Congress)

Thank you for being part of our community as we explore what’s next for Washington History. Your support ensures that DC’s stories continue to be discovered, shared, and celebrated for generations to come.

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We will temporarily pause publication of Washington History and will not release a spring 2026 issue as we assess alternate formats and publishing schedules. Our work to connect people with DC’s history will continue through new online resources, blog posts, and digital programming.

This summer, we convened a task force of local historians and scholars to help us reimagine the future of Washington History and ensure that our support for DC-focused scholarship remains strong.

Rising production costs and the shift toward digital engagement have prompted us to consider new approaches for sharing the city’s stories.

With the release of the fall 2025 issue, we celebrate another milestone in that 128-year journey—and begin writing the next chapter. Over the decades, the ways we publish, distribute, and read local history have changed dramatically.

In 1989, the publication evolved into Washington History—the softcover magazine that has continued this proud legacy of storytelling and scholarship.

The Four Lessons:
✨ We Want to Free DC from Our Enemies
✨ A New Kind of Congress
✨ Home Rule Heroes
✨ DC’s Struggle for Self-Determination (Timeline)

Download it now and start exploring DC’s history of representation, autonomy, and community action: dchistory.org/news-and-ins...

Built from the fall 2024 issue of Washington History—which focused on Home Rule—the curriculum draws on historical scholarship and our archival collections to highlight the voices, debates, and organizing traditions that have shaped civic life in DC.

We believe learning shouldn’t sit behind a paywall. This curriculum opens new doors for classrooms across the city and supports students in understanding their own role in shaping civic life in DC. This project reflects core DC History Center values: access, dignity, and community.

You’ll find this playful design on pint glasses and a kids’ t-shirt, available exclusively through the DC History Center. Carlos’s work captures the spirit of exploration, creativity, and community.

Pre-order now: shop.dchistory.org/shop/pre-ord...