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The 18th Annual Manassas Railway Festival

The 18th Annual Manassas Railway Festival will be taking place at the Historic Manassas Depot in Old Town Manassas on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from...

Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives with Fanfare at Dulles Air and Space Museum!

After delighting area residents on Tuesday with spectacular aerial flyovers, Discovery made her debut today at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the...

Emancipation Day observed in the District

April 16, is a special day in District of Columbia government. The day is marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Compensated...

Thomas Jefferson's Bible & Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello at the Smithsonian

The National Museum of American History (NMAH) has two exhibits that focus on Thomas Jefferson and to paraphrase a quote from another complicated U...

Celebrate Women’s History Month: Visit the National Women’s History Museum

I first learnt about the National Women’s History Museum(NWHM) from Voguemagazine. For the January 2012 edition, Meryl Streepappeared on the...

A visit to sunny Florida...Avenue

In the late 1800s Washington DC was bursting at its ‘original’ seams. Beautiful homes and embassies were constructed to the northwest,...

After the war, L'Enfant's dream realized

Civil War Washington was, for the most part, filthy. Grossly overpopulated. Over here the grazing livestock, over there the seedy brothels. The old...