John Lennon sang of his “#9 Dream.” Older Prince Georgians dream of the Number 9 Pond. Several readers got in touch with Answer Man after his column last week on the distinctively shaped water feature that once graced Bellevue, the farm owned by District brewing bigwig Christian Heurich. [Was there really a pond shaped like the number 9 in Prince George’s County?] “But the edges were stone in a saw-toothed pattern that would have made climbing in and out very difficult. Hanson was almost home free when he slipped, bursting through the door feet first and sliding naked into the room.

Source: Washington Post May 26, 2018 20:03 UTC