BALTIMORE — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was moments into a highly anticipated speech about her political future Thursday when she referenced “our beloved hometown of Baltimore.”
Pelosi then gave her U.S. House colleagues a brief history lesson: how she glimpsed the wondrous Capitol dome for the first time while traveling to Washington for the swearing-in of her father, Thomas D’Alesandro Jr., who was a congressman from 1939 to 1947 before becoming Baltimore's mayor.
Pelosi’s brother, Thomas D’Alesandro III, also served as the city's mayor.