Fr. Ray Kemp is a lifelong resident of Washington, DC, and remembers the city through some of the most pivotal moments of modern U.S. history.

Born just over a mile from Georgetown, Kemp grew up in a classic rowhome in Northwest DC. His father worked on the railroad yard, now known as Union Station, as a teenager after his father died. He went on to work for 43 years connecting telephone cables and landlines around DC. His mother grew up across the street from Howard University and studied business law at Catholic University before becoming a civil servant in the Federal Maritime Commission.