{"id":3893,"date":"2016-05-23T22:54:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T14:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/23\/the-watergate-hotels-125-million-renovation-means-a-new-legacy-for-an-old-story\/"},"modified":"2016-05-23T22:54:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T14:54:31","slug":"the-watergate-hotels-125-million-renovation-means-a-new-legacy-for-an-old-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/23\/the-watergate-hotels-125-million-renovation-means-a-new-legacy-for-an-old-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Watergate Hotel’s $125-million renovation means a new legacy for an old story"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f94521%2f2287d08fb04d49409045ca73bdfd665e\"<\/p>\n

\"Feed-tw\"<\/a>\"Feed-fb\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\n

On June 17, 1972, Frank Wills, a security guard at the Watergate Complex, changed American politics \u2014 and a D.C. landmark \u2014 forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Early that morning, Wills alerted authorities to a possible disturbance. At 2:30 a.m., five burglars were arrested for breaking into the complex as part of a plot to bug in the offices of the Democratic National Committee.\u00a0<\/span>This was the beginning of the end for President Richard M. Nixon, who would resign two years later. President Gerald R. Ford took office. America moved on.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

SEE ALSO: An after hours guide for getting the most out of Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But the Watergate Complex remains, with a legacy shadowed by scandal.\u00a0The Watergate Hotel in June will reopen to unveil a $125-million renovation after nearly a decade of being closed. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More about Washington Dc<\/a>, Hotels<\/a>, Watergate Hotel<\/a>, Travel<\/a>, and World<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On June 17, 1972, Frank Wills, a security guard at the Watergate Complex, changed American politics \u2014 and a D.C. landmark \u2014 forever. Early that morning, Wills alerted authorities to a possible disturbance. At 2:30 a.m., five burglars were arrested … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}