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Today is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, who was shot dead in Memphis by James Earl Ray.
Within hours of his murder, Washington, DC was poised for one of the most explosive urban riots in American history.
The Washington, DC headquarters of Dr. King’s Southern Christian […]
The pillars at the Jefferson Memorial.
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During my college days, I visited my sister who was studying abroad at the University of Munich.in Germany. While there, a relative who lived in Munich took us on a tour of the infamous Dachau Concentration Camp, just outside of Munich. Dachau was one of the first such concentration camps designed by the Nazis, […]
You know it’s Springtime when the cherry blossoms in Washington, DC start to bloom. And while they are not an official DC monument, the cherry trees in full blossom are one of Washington, DC’s most prized and loved attractions.
The 2-week festival begins Saturday, March 29th and runs until Sunday, April 13th, with peak viewing some […]
Happy President’s Day from Washington, DC. With the primary in full swing, I thought I might review the roots of the first presidential election and the Learning Center at the home of George Washington.
In both the first and second election for President (1789 and 1792) after the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, General […]
His place in history as one of our greatest presidents is memorialized with the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC. And next year marks the 200th anniversary of his birth, and the memorial to his life will be rededicated in a major ceremony.
But one of the most notable moments in Lincoln’s life, […]
Here in Washington, DC, politicians love to make speeches. But often, their words are just that, words. In order to be effective, words must turn into action.
While many of the presidential candidates are quoting and posturing to put themselves closer to the civil rights movement of the 1960s, most of them could learn something […]
Is there a town in America with more monuments and memorials than Washington, DC? I doubt it.
So with so many of them, it’s easy to miss a few, so here’s a recap of Monument Monday posts from the past few months.
The Washington Monument - Just 897 steps to the top.
The Albert Einstein Monument […]
Located between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, the National World War II Memorial commemorates the 16 million American men and women who served, fought, sacrificed and died during the Second World War.
Surrounding the majestic plaza are 56 17-foot pillars, each inscribed with the name of a state (48 at the time of the […]
A memorial statute of Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th President of the U.S. stands on Theodore Roosevelt Island. The 88-acre island sits in the Potomac River and is accessible by a footbridge from the Virginia side.
The island has had several names, including My Lord’s Island, Barbadoes, Mason’s Island and Analostan Island; as well as several […]
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Written by Jon Rochetti [email] for b5media.
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