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Riggs Bank Was "The Bank of Presidents"

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Riggs Bank Was "The Bank of Presidents"

Riggs Bank was a Washington institution for over a hundred years. More than 20 U.S. Presidents (ranging from Lincoln to Nixon) banked at Riggs, and their headquarters across the street from the Treasury Department used to be pictured on the back of the old ten dollar bill. 

Cigars & Molotov Cocktails at the Cuban Embassy

Cigars & Molotov Cocktails at the Cuban Embassy

The Cuban Embassy on 16th Street has found itself at the front line of our foreign relations with the island nation. During the Cold War it was the site of repeated acts of anti-Castro terrorism, and with the recent easing of tensions, and new mixological addition has welcomed in the new relationship.