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The Eagle gave flight to a number of other businesses, including the Leather Rack and the Eagle in Exile. Many of the club members were drafted into the moving party to make sure everything would be ready. The bar closed at the regular hour on moving night and reopened the next day at noon in a brand new location.
This sculpture hung on the wall of that bar until the building was claimed by eminent domain to make way for what was then the "new" DC Convention Center at 900 9th St. They placed nails into a sculpture of an eagle. The night before the Eagle was to open, Don invited the Spartans to take part in a ceremony. Don and his brother Eddie pooled their money to open the first of three buildings on 9th Street. He then decided that our crowd should have a home of our own. On September 4, 1968, Don Bruce became, what we now refer to as, our first "Baby Spartan." These dates and events are important to this story, because they would give birth to the legendary DC Eagle.Įventually, Don Bruce, became one of the early Spartans Presidents. The bar was renamed Louis' Spartan Lounge, after the Spartans MC was formed on April 3, 1968.
Oddly enough, it was located right across the street from FBI headquarters, and these were the days of J. A group of guys put together dinners for local motorcyclists and leathermen These dinners took place at a bar on 9th Street in NW called Louis'.