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Guest column: Revisionist history at American museums needs to be addressed. Here's why.
Funding for the report was provided by the Andrew Mellon, Alice L. Walton and Ford Foundations. In 2023, Mellon committed ...
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Storied Group Venues of Past and Future Progress in the Washington, D.C Region
The national capital region has a proud history of fighting for inclusion. Ahead of WorldPride this year, explore how your ...
Does the ‘shot heard ’round the world’ still echo 250 years later?
But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when ...
LIST | April 18- 20: Easter egg hunt and other things to do this weekend in the DMV
Enjoy various activities in the DMV this weekend, including Easter egg hunts, concerts, fitness dance classes, and more!
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Arts and Entertainment Calendar Starting April 17
George Mason Friends Book Sale. At George Mason Regional Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale. Preview sale, ...
233-year-old house in Waterford, Va., was a hat-making business and inn
The four-bedroom, three-bathroom house in the preserved Quaker village comes with a stone cottage and greenhouse.
From the Archives: Bunny Mellon on Her Green Flowers and Herb Trees
"A garden, like a library, is a whole made up of separate interests and mysteries: among these mysteries are green flowers ...
Smithsonian Magazine5d
At a Bold Meeting 250 Years Ago, the Continental Congress Set America in Motion
From the start, the Virginia delegation was remarkably dominant: George Washington ... made some telling purchases before returning to Mount Vernon, his Virginia plantation: muskets, military ...
Smithsonian Magazine5d
How One Historian Located Liberia’s Elusive Founding Document
Next was Elias Caldwell, who had clerked for the Supreme Court during the tenure of Justice Bushrod Washington, President George Washington ... policy for Mount Vernon were records of Caldwell ...