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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.

Recently Added Interviews

Marguerite Kelly

Marguerite Kelly and her husband Tom moved to Capitol Hill in 1953 to help care for his aging parents, and she remains here to this day. Her interview's vividly told stories focus on the early years of child rearing and community activism.

Rosetta Hall Hamm

When Rosetta Hall Hamm was born, her family was living near South Capitol and D Streets SE. They later moved to E Street SE, so Rosetta has spent almost her entire life on the Hill.

Hattie McLaurin

Hattie McLaurin, the granddaughter of a midwife, moved from a North Carolina farm to Washington in 1956, and has lived and worked on Capitol Hill for most of the time since.

Clifford Hackett

Cliff Hackett and his wife arrived in Washington in 1964 looking for housing for their family of six children; they'd already decided to live in the city and not commute.

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Lecture Series

View of the perimeter of Stanton Park in 1927. NPS (NCR Division of Lands, Resources and Planning, Reservation File 15)

Parks for the People - How Capitol Hill Parks Led to a National Park Service

Lecture By :
Vincent Vaise
POSTPONED. Every park tells a story. Among the landmarks of Capitol Hill perhaps none are as appreciated as Capitol Hill’s parks - some of the first public lands in the nation.
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Boswell transcript online

Members of the Boswell family lived at 11 D Street SE for 160 years, almost as long as Capitol Hill has been a residential community. We are proud to announce that a transcript of interviews with Bill Boswell, the last family member to live there, is now included on this website.
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