Thanks to Alexander Robey "Boss" Shepherd, a unified territorial government was created in #WashingtonDC in 1871. https://t.co/xPmkRHOUv4 Thanks to Alexander Robey "Boss" Shepherd, a unified territorial government was created in #WashingtonDC in 1871. …
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Horseback riders cross a ford in Rock Creek Park in 1926. Photo by Underwood & Underwood. https://t.co/NcjMVodXm0 Horseback riders cross a ford in Rock Creek Park in 1926. Photo by Underwood & Underwood. https://t.co/NcjMVodXm0 — Streets of Washington (@StreetsOfDC) Dec 12, …
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Today in History - December 12 https://t.co/mJ0P7mggjO John Jay, one of the nation’s founding fathers, was born on December 12, 1745, to a prominent and wealthy family in New York City. Continue reading. On December 12, 1787, delegates to the Pennsylvania ratifying conventi…
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Capitol attack panel obtains PowerPoint that set out plan for Trump to stage coup | US Capitol attack | The Guardian https://t.co/95hDiv829Z
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In 1918, Battery Cove near Jones Point Lighthouse became a shipyard where thousands of employees raced to build as many cargo vessels as possible. https://t.co/66PIsunUrN #VAHistory In 1918, Battery Cove near Jones Point Lighthouse became a shipyard where thousands of employ…
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World War II era matchbook cover from the Victory Trading Store on 9th Street downtown. 9th Street was a strip of vaudeville theaters, nightclubs, and restaurants. This location may have later become a Sunny's Surplus. https://t.co/Ygc503QnS0 World War II era matchbook cover f…
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Today in History - December 11 https://t.co/aIY51PBeIS On December 11, 1919, the citizens of Enterprise, Alabama, erected a monument to the boll weevil, the pest that devastated their fields but forced residents to end their dependence on cotton and to pursue mixed farming a…
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