The city was known as Columbia until 1791 when it was named in Washington’s honor. July 4, 1848: The cornerstone of the monument is laid with great fanfare. Within the 24,500 pound marble ...

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Americans took time personally to remember the Father of His Country every February 22 and especially toasted the centennial of his birth in 1832, as well as the Washington Monument's ...

His remarkable accomplishments deserve the highest recognition and honor on this iconic national monument,’ a Florida lawmaker said when introducing a bill to add Trump’s face to Mount Rushmore.

America’s electrical grid is a ghost of its former self—a spectral remnant of mid-century ingenuity now flickering under the ...

A tractor-trailer, while trying to turn at the historic War Memorial Monument in downtown Elizabethton, destroyed a cannon ...

On March 3 , Orthodox believers honor the memory of the martyrs Eutropius, Cleonikos, and Basilisk. This day also marks the ...

History buffs will love the facts and knowledge shared by tour guides and you ... This is where a statue of Jefferson permanently stares across the Tidal Basin towards the Washington Monument. The ...

Straight Facts™. Point phone camera here Doug Burgum is the new ... At the time, Trump described the mountain as a magnificent, incredible and majestic monument. Fireworks had taken place each year ...

Mudville at MSNBC I’m sorry to say that my news phobia has continued, so I don’t know what to make of the shakeup at MSNBC, ...