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EWTN: Presidents on Vacation
President Trump departs for the first official vacation of his presidency, despite having been critical in the past about presidents taking time away from the West Wing. Mark Irons has details in his report from the White House.
Read MoreWAMU: AC/DC-How Washingtonians Beat The Heat Before Air Conditioners
Standing in the second-floor bedroom of his historic Hyattsville home, Michael Romero reaches out of a window and pulls at a pair of louvered shutters. As they squeak closed, the room darkens. “Every morning before the sun comes, we tend to close up the shutters …
Read MoreZola: Outdoor Spring Wedding at President Lincoln’s Cottage
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Read MoreTeen Vogue: These Teens Are Working to End Modern Slavery
On the first day of the year 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation, stating: “I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free.” Lincoln’s words, written in part in his …
Read MoreParade: America the Unique- Celebrating Our True National Treasures
This week, Parade celebrates some of the national treasures that make us laugh, cry, think and love our country even more. Read the full article here
Read MoreNBC Washington: 13 Indoor Things to Do This Broiling Weekend in DC
With temperatures like this, you might just feel like you’re melting. If you’re feeling like an indoor day away from the crowds of the National Mall, here’s a few places to consider: Museums off the Mall: Buzz around the Hive: The National Building Museum’s new exhibit showcases …
Read MoreThe Washington Post: Trump finally went to Camp David. It’s no Mar-a-Lago.
If you took all the presidential retreats in the country’s history and combined them into one sprawling structure, it would probably still be smaller than the 110,000-square-foot Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. And that’s including all 12 guest cabins at Camp David. Not so surprising then that Donald …
Read MoreWMAL Radio: A Low-Key Observance at Arlington’s Predecessor
Steve Burns WMAL.com WASHINGTON – (WMAL) While all attention is on Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, there’s a more understated observance happening at that cemetery’s predecessor, in a quiet section of Northwest DC. The United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery is also the …
Read MoreTIME Magazine: 10 Experts Pick U.S. Historic Places That Are Actually Worth Visiting
As the summer vacation season begins, TIME History asked prominent experts in American history to recommend a historic place to visit, and compiled their picks here. Unsurprisingly given the course of American history, the Civil War looms large on this list, but it is by …
Read MoreC-SPAN: Union Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs
Robert O’Harrow talked about his book on Montgomery Meigs, Union quartermaster general during the Civil War. Meigs was responsible for supplying Union armies in the field but also developed Washington, D.C.’s infrastructure and built or expanded several national buildings and sites, such as the U.S. Capitol dome …
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