Lead Belly's "Bourgeois Blues" was three minutes of rippling 12-string blues... It was also an incisive, damning indictment of the rampant Jim Crow segregation in 1930s #DC. #DChistory https://t.co/XyOSZB9rqd Lead Belly's "Bourgeois Blues" was three minutes of rippling 12-st…
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Peering Through a Window to the World via NASA https://t.co/MtvRKL7mna https://t.co/zHzCuqTwpf
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Did Led Zeppelin really make its DC-area debut in front of 50 confused teens at the Wheaton Youth Center on January 20, 1969? #OTD https://t.co/O3iTL5w41W Did Led Zeppelin really make its DC-area debut in front of 50 confused teens at the Wheaton Youth Center on January 20, …
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Preserving the site of the historic battle, Gettysburg National Military Park is depicted here in this 1919 panoramic map. Take a closer look here: https://t.co/OtStFUlPnH https://t.co/zZwJn1eSh8 Preserving the site of the historic battle, Gettysburg National Military Park is…
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Late 19th century lantern slide of the 26-inch "Great Equatorial" refractor telescope at the Old Naval Observatory in Foggy Bottom. When acquired by the Navy in 1873, it was the largest refracting telescope in the world. https://t.co/EzOhxcptcd Late 19th century lantern slide …
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Today in History - January 20 https://t.co/PJAcgUHs2U On January 20, 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president sworn into office in January. Continue reading. On January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy distinguished his inaugural ceremony with a poetry reading …
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Remembering Trailblazing Pilot Charles McGee via NASA https://t.co/jwzX8IIiij https://t.co/PbCUjMh5Tx
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