No one is required to wear a hoop skirt to the Civil War Ball at Gadsby's Tavern Museum in Alexandria, but at this year's gala nearly every woman does. Outside, the wind is so cold that every breeze is a slap in the face on this Sunday in January. Inside, though, you are transported: a warmer place, another time, a different world. Read full article >>
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:34AM on February 7, 2014