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‘You worked hard, you struggled, you persevered’: More than 100 people sworn in as US citizens at George Washington’s Mount Vernon
The wait was over for more than 100 people as they finally got to call the U.S. "home." And what better place to do it than ...
Historic George Washington portrait unveiled at Yorktown museum
A newly acquired 1790 portrait of George Washington is now on permanent display at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown ...
The Nation the Army Built
General George Washington rode into Cambridge, Massachusetts, to lead an army of 16,000. These men, Washington announced, ...
Who broke George Washington's walking stick at the SC Statehouse? Yankees? Rebels? An ex-governor?
On the steps of the SC Statehouse sits a statue of George Washington, with a broken walking stick. How it broke, however, is ...
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Faith Works: Meaning of the ‘Pursuit of happiness’ may lie in a well-known Bible verse
Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill discusses the Declaration of Independence and what inspired the Founders to ...
How assassinations and war changed how the U.S. remembers its presidents
The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.
John Oliver will rename this Minor League Baseball team the ‘Moon Mammoths'
The Detroit Tigers' Double-A Erie SeaWolves will be renamed the Erie Moon Mammoths after being picked by John Oliver of HBO’s ...