March 28th, 2007
As yet another sign of Spring, the annual White House Spring Garden Tour is just around the corner.
The tour will commence at Sherman Park located between E. Executive Drive and 15th Street, NW near E Street, just to the south of the Department of the Treasury building.
For some additional information on the White House gardens […]
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March 20th, 2007
Springtime is probably the most beautiful time to visit Washington, DC. The most famous and popular Springtime activity is the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival.
The festival runs for two weeks, from March 31st until April 15th, but Mother Nature always has a way of deciding when nature’s canvas will be painted with the most beautiful […]
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March 9th, 2007
Benjamin Banneker was a free-born descendent of African slaves who was not only a mathematician, clockmaker, astronomer and publisher, but also had a near photographic memory. Some historians consider him the first African-American scientist.
Raised on a tobacco farm in Maryland, he was self-taught in the sciences and problem-solving skills.
From 1792 to 1797, he was appointed […]
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January 28th, 2007
During his time as a a U.S. Senator, John F. Kennedy and later his wife, Jackie, lived in several homes around the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC.
In 1946, he first moved to DC as a Congressional representative from Massachusetts and World War II hero. In 1953, he was elected to the Senate, the same year […]
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December 18th, 2006
To Catholics, as well as many other Christians and Jews, the areas in the Middle East commonly called the Holy Land, are considered some of the most religiously significant historical areas in the world.
The Holy Land includes locations such as The Holy City – Jerusalem; the city where Jesus was born, Bethlehem on the West […]
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November 4th, 2006
Just about a mile from the National Mall along the beautiful Potomac River is East Potomac Park. This National Park is popular with local runners, skaters, bikers and picnickers. It also has an 18 and two 9-hole golf courses as well as tennis courts and a miniature golf course.
But I think the highlight is at the […]
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October 29th, 2006
The United States Marine Band will honor its most famous leader, American march composer, John Phillips Sousa, in a memorial morning concert at Congressional Cemetery. This free concert will pay tribute on the 152nd anniversary of his birth.
The U.S. Marine Band was formed by Act of Congress during the presidency of John Adams in 1798 […]
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