Francis Pope, Original Landowner of Washington, DC

Barbara Price September 05, 2004 at 02:22:33 ^ | 9-5-2004 | Barbar Price

[Cats Pajamas]

Well isn't this cool? Allegedly old name of D.C. Was Rome and was owned by Francis Pope

[Don Corleone]

Actually Native Americans possessed it and since they didn’t believe in land ownership no one really owned it.

[DiogenesLamp]

I have been calling Washington D.C. “New Rome” for awhile now.

[mountainlion]

It seems like Sodom would be more correct.

[Safetgiver]

Who would name a typhoid swamp?

[zzwhale]

was a SWAMP
now a CESSPOOL

[Albion Wilde]

Actually Native Americans possessed it and since they didn’t believe in land ownership no one really owned it.

[bgill]

Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre; Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald in a Lincoln automobile, made by Ford. After shooting Lincoln, Booth ran from a theatre to a warehouse; after shooting Kennedy, Oswald ran from a warehouse to a theatre.

[Hawthorn]

And another significant coincidence:

Whereas Kennedy’s first name and Booth’s first name both have four letters, Lincoln’s “Abe” and Oswald’s “Lee” both have three letters!