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Starting tomorrow, join the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, the Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps and Pershing’s Own - U.S. Army Band at historic Fort McNair for free weekly outdoor concerts and pageantry this Summer.
The word tattoo, when it’s used to describe the concert, is different from inking an image […]
It’s a race Wile E. Coyote or Rube Goldberg would probably enter –the tenth annual Kinetic Sculpture Race at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. And it’s one of the wackiest races in America.
Nicknamed the “Triathlon of the Art World“, and put on by the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, the race requires contestants to […]
The annual running of the Virginia Gold Cup horse races in The Planes, Virginia,about 45 miles from Washington, DC, attracts 35,000 spectators each May.
It all started in 1922 when eight area horsemen organized a four-mile race through the local countryside.
Today, the event has grown to seven races run throughout the afternoon, over a […]
Earth Day is the one day each year that millions of people around the globe call attention to the health and well-being of our fragile planet.
This year’s theme for action against global warming is Call for Climate. The eight major U.S. events, along with smaller events around the country are attempting to generate […]
I’m not even sure I want to write about this event….
So before I get accused of being sexist, a pig, or promoting the objectification of women, let me just say one thing….it’s for charity!!!!
Thursday evening, just a couple miles from the seat of American government and the halls of power that brought the world the […]
Late Wednesday morning, I witnessed a local television reporter conducting on-the-street interviews of people visiting the cherry blossoms near the Washington Monument.
The moment the interview started, the tourist visiting from Italy, turned her own video camera on herself. When the reported ask why she was recording her own interview, she commented, “for the […]
If you see what looks like a camper convention at different places around town, it’s probably the film crew of the new political thriller being filmed in Washington, DC, “State of Play”.
Scheduled to be released in April of next year, “State of Play” becomes one more film in a long list of movies that […]
It’s time for the children’s event at the South Lawn of the White House. The Annual White House Easter Egg Roll is a tradition dating back to 1878.
Kids of all ages get to to hunt for Easter eggs and listen to stories. The Easter Bunny is even going to make a visit.
While at […]
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus is coming to town. Human cannonballs, tiger tamers, elephants, horse acts, acrobats, jugglers, showgirls, high-wire acts, and of course, the clowns.
For 138 years, The Greatest Show On Earth has played to audiences around the globe. Starting in 1871, as P.T. Barnum’s Great Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and […]
Today in 1634, America’s first tavern opened in Boston. Since then, enjoying a drink in a public house, even during prohibition of the 1920s, became part of the American way of life.
And every city across America has it’s own list of classic and notable taverns, frequented by locals and eagerly visited by tourists. New […]
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