Celebrating Pacific Islander Heritage Appreciation Month with a Visit to my Island Home
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Appreciation Month, and while I am not ethnically either of those groups, I have a...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Apr 30
- 11 min
The Jazz Artists Who Chose DC
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, so for this blog post I’m focusing on jazz artists who chose to have their career in Washington, DC....
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Mar 28
- 11 min
Calling all Code Girls
Some time ago, while I was doing my research of influential women during the Cold War, I had heard of teams of women who broke military...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Feb 11
- 18 min
The Black Congressmen (and one Woman) of Reconstruction
After the Civil War ended, the Republicans as “the party of Lincoln” ushered in an era in which for the first time African Americans...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Jan 15
- 14 min
Dr. King Comes to Washington
There are three important birthdays that I celebrate in January – David Bowie’s (January 8th), my mother’s (January 20th) and of course...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Apr 27, 2022
- 12 min
Jazz in DC - Past or Future?
This is my second blog post in a row that talks about jazz, but April is Jazz Appreciation Month, so I couldn’t think of a better topic...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Feb 13, 2022
- 6 min
Black Broadway in the City of Light
In honor of Black History Month, and tying together two of my historical interests, I wanted to dedicate a blog post to how Paris played...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Jan 10, 2022
- 4 min
Where There's Smoke There is Hopefully a Fire Mark
“What’s that thing above the door of that house?” is a question I hear often on my tours that take place in Georgetown. The question is...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Nov 16, 2021
- 8 min
The Belle Époque “Hostesses” of Washington
Those who have taken my Wives Who Won the Cold War tour have heard me talk about how the women of the era exerted power through their...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Oct 21, 2021
- 7 min
Punk Girls in a Punk Boys' World
About a year ago I wrote a blog post about the DC Punk scene, which eventually turned into my “District of Punk” downtown walking tour....
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Aug 17, 2021
- 4 min
Jennie from the Block - Hooker's Block, that is.
At the end of every tour that I give, I always let people know that my tours are works in progress. A script is never really “done” until...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Aug 8, 2021
- 3 min
In the Thick of It
This is my first blog post in months, since late April I believe. I’m not sure if it was a lack of time or just not finding something...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Apr 29, 2021
- 4 min
A Tale of Two Cities
If you follow my page on Facebook, you have noticed that I was recently in New Orleans for an all-too-short visit. This was the fourth...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Apr 8, 2021
- 11 min
A Salute to the Foreign-Born Generals of Lafayette Square
As I may have mentioned before, I got my start as a tour guide working for a ghost tour pub crawl company, Nightly Spirits. Their DC...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Mar 30, 2021
- 5 min
A Beacon of Truth
I am so very shamefully behind on my blog writing this month, and it's doubly shameful because it's Women's History Month, when I should...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Mar 8, 2021
- 7 min
To the Wonder Women in my Life
In honor of the International Women's Day, I want to devote a post to some of the incredible women who have impacted my life personally....
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Feb 28, 2021
- 4 min
Georgetown University's First, and Only, Black President
Yesterday, February 27th, marked the birthday of Patrick Francis Healy, the first, and thus far the only, Black President of Georgetown...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Feb 23, 2021
- 4 min
Alleyway Life in the Capital
This blog post is just a small snapshot into my Historic Alleyways tour, the last of the first four Off the Mall Tours that I developed....
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Feb 7, 2021
- 4 min
The Unsung Doyenne of the Halfway House
On the corner of S and 15th Street is a pretty grey-and-white house that once belonged to the woman who was responsible for one of the...
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Katie Kirkpatrick
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
The DC Roots of Black History Month
On the southeast corner of the intersection of 12th and U Street NW, there is an office building that until very recently had a Starbucks...
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