Carol Joynt / Nathan’s of Georgetown Nathan’s was a well-known and well-frequented tavern established in 1969 by Howard Joynt and two partners. It sat in the heart of Georgetown at the corner of M & Wisconsin. Mr. Joynt quickly bought out his partners and built...
Vernon Ricks and his sister, Barbara Ricks Thompson, have been active worshipers at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church on 29th Street since their childhood years in the 1940’s and 50’s. Vernon and Barbara describe how living in Georgetown, attending Mt. Zion church,...
Stuart Kenworthy was Rector of Christ Church Georgetown from 1991 until his retirement, November 2, 2014. He also served as a chaplain in the Army National Guard from 1994-2007. As a resident of Georgetown for more than 20 years, he speaks eloquently of the unique...
In an interview in his home with Linda Greenan and Cathy Farrell, John Laytham talks about his 50 plus years with the Cyldes Group and his involvement with a growing and changing Georgetown. John was a freshman student at Georgetown University in 1964 when he applied...
In the late 70s Gary Tischler arrived in DC from California as a young freelance writer. He intention was to go to work for the “Washington Post” but he met Dave Roffman, second publisher of “The Georgetowner,” who encouraged him to write a story about Ted Kennedy’s...
The indomitable nonagenarian, Sarah Yerkes, moved to Washington with her first husband, as she describes it, “in the spring of 1945, just before the bomb dropped. We rented a house in Georgetown that belonged to Phil and Millie Watts on 29th Street.” So begins her...
