Ghosts of DC

@GhostsofDC · Washington, D.C. · joined 03 Jan 2012

The lost and untold history of Washington, DC. New and old content regularly tweeted automagically for your scrolling pleasure.

27 488Followers

3 108Following

58 101Posts total

108.3KViews on collected posts

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Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC20 Sep

In 1881, Senator John Sherman platted Columbia Heights with streets named Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Kenesaw, and Whitney. By 1905, almost all of them were gone. What happened? https://t.co/gK6MLXHde5 https://t.co/5QZjrU6YeF

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Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC20 Sep

@GhostsofDC I did not know. Crazy story of survival for this hotel. 447 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC20 Sep

In 1968, staff showed up to work at the Willard Hotel and found the doors locked. No warning. It sat empty for 18 years, two blocks from the White House. How it came back: https://t.co/8X90MN6y93 https://t.co/4xvRS02LTW

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Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC20 Sep

President Taft stayed up all night at the White House waiting for word from the Titanic. He was waiting on one name, and when it never came, he wept openly at the memorial. https://t.co/GzMsk7Qgq4 https://t.co/MhIO8K8cFT

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Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC19 Sep

@GhostsofDC Don’t give him any ideas now… 4.3K views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC19 Sep

@GhostsofDC But what would have become of Grant’s Tomb? 🤔 2.6K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC19 Sep

Chain Bridge has no chains. But in 1810, it really did, and Confederate and Union troops once stood on opposite ends within shouting distance of each other. https://t.co/6AYtaevXgK https://t.co/Jhtctt2jfB

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Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC19 Sep

@GhostsofDC Less is so so much more. 2.1K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC19 Sep

In 1887, Congress nearly approved a mile-long medieval granite fortress across the Potomac, complete with turrets and a drawbridge, to honor Ulysses S. Grant. The cornerstone sat waiting in a lot near the Treasury for years. https://t.co/XbgMiuF8K1 https://t.co/6XrKURdlde

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Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC17 Sep

@GhostsofDC https://t.co/z91AyIFhcf

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Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC17 Sep

@GhostsofDC It was cool to find one on a lunchtime walk from work a few years ago, having had some introduction to the founding of DC. It really puts us in touch with the past to come across artifacts like these out in the wild, rather than tucked away in a sterile museum exhibit 115 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC17 Sep

@GhostsofDC Benjamin Banneker wasn’t self taught educated by the abolitionist of the Ellicott family of Quakers who enrolled 10 year-old Benjamin Banneker inside of their Quaker friends school 🏫 in in the township of Ellicott ( Ellicott city of Howard county ) Maryland in 189 views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC16 Sep

In 1791, a self-taught Black astronomer laid down at Jones Point and used the stars to fix the first corner of Washington. 36 of the 40 stones he helped place are still in the ground today. https://t.co/PpbmFPHn20 https://t.co/OgfF9W3dh9

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Dibandingkan akun berukuran sama

13 postingan dari 90 hari terakhir, dibandingkan dengan rentang 10K–100K pengikut. tampil luas, tetapi sedikit penonton yang merespons.

Median tayangan1 987akun ini996median untuk 10K–100K

Jangkauan, %7.23%akun ini3.84%median untuk 10K–100K

Interaksi, %0.88%akun ini1.51%median untuk 10K–100K

Metrik	Akun ini	Median untuk 10K–100K	Rasio
Median tayangan per postingan	1 987	996	1.99×
Jangkauan (tayangan ÷ pengikut)	7.23%	3.84%	1.88×
Tingkat interaksi	0.88%	1.51%	0.58×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

12.8K16 Sep

18917 Sep

115

74.8K19 Sep

2.1K

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92220 Sep

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1.1K

Last 13 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.58%16 Sep

5.82%17 Sep

1.74%

2.20%

0.88%19 Sep

0.15%

2.11%

0.12%

0.28%

0.22%20 Sep

1.37%

0.45%

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.51%.

What the audience does

Likes74.6%1 154 in total

Reposts7.0%108 in total

Replies0.8%13 in total

Quotes1.3%20 in total

Bookmarks16.2%251 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

21 Sep

Daily snapshots since 21 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

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