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On this day in history, December 6, 1884, Washington Monument completed 39 years after construction began
The Washington Monument, a soaring tribute in the heart of the nation’s capital to George Washington ... including the Lincoln Memorial, the World War II Memorial and the statue of General ...
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What About Stone Mountain?
If you’re tearing down statues of George Washington while burning the American ... Yet the Stone Mountain memorial is, finally, just speech, albeit speech in service of a moral outrage.
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250 years ago, this forgotten founder won the ‘first battle of the American Revolution’
Andrew Lewis helped lead Virginians to victory over the Shawnee in 1774 and later chased the royal governor out of Virginia ...
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Epic Guide to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC
The Statue of Abraham Lincoln was created ... and the Potomac Parkway, George Washington Memorial Parkway, and the Cabin John ...
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North by Northwest
After all, he has made use of the Statue of Liberty ... last terrifying moments of sliding down the neck and chest of George Washington and the craggy features of Abraham Lincoln." ...
When the Plankinton mansion was torn down, it revived historic preservation in Milwaukee
The house whose demolition led Milwaukee to embrace historic preservation was never lived in by the woman for whom it was ...
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Once the future, US now captive to its past
I take the ferry that crosses the mouth of the East River, the churning waters through which George Washington once evacuated ... I can peer across to the Statue of Liberty, that beacon of hope ...
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George Floyd: 10 things that have changed since his death
Edward Colston had been honoured for centuries in Bristol for donating a lot of his wealth to charities and the city In the UK and the US statues ... The George Floyd's memorial fund smashed ...
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The 4 Best NYC Helicopter Rides and Tours
like the Statue of Liberty, the George Washington Bridge, the Empire State Building, Central Park, Yankee Stadium and more. Reviewers describe seeing "million dollar" views on this tour and say ...
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World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
Chicago beat out New York, St. Louis and Washington ... who later created the statue of Lincoln for that president's memorial, and the Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt. When the architects ...
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What the capitol looks like in every state
Every state has a capitol building that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US capitol, but ...
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Hong Kong’s ‘Pillar of Shame’ sculpture for Tiananmen victims faces removal
Efforts are underway to create 3-D models of the memorial, with permission from ... After the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer last year, Mayer Brown’s then-Chairman ...