From 1938-1942, hundreds of Black men in the Civilian Conservation Corps helped shape Maryland history. Without their restoration work on the decaying Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, it would not be the National Historical Park that it is today. #MDHistory https://t.co/26ihn5qrnk F…
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Years before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March on Washington, Maryland’s Glen Echo Park was a focal point of the Civil Rights Movement. #MDHistory https://t.co/XOxf1rorSL Years before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March on Washington, Maryland’s Glen Echo Park was a focal …
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Banker J. P. Morgan frequently came to Washington for business. But on one occasion, he took it upon himself to set a new world record for rail travel between Washington and New York. #DCHistory https://t.co/wgzrLdCy7V Banker J. P. Morgan frequently came to Washington for bu…
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On November 25, 1924, the former German Zeppelin ZR-3, which was turned over to the U.S. Navy under terms of the Treaty of Versailles, came to Washington and docked at Bolling Field, where President Calvin Coolidge rechristened it the Los Angeles in a festive ceremony. …
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Pilot Bob Hines in Training for Crew-4 via NASA https://t.co/XHPnZt8FBk https://t.co/kVVLfvIuW1
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This revised 1955 edition map was issued by the Aeronautical Chart and Info Center of the Air Force. Many borders are shown as undetermined. Territories still under colonial administration included present-day Djibouti and Somalia. https://t.co/EL4oyRqRI1 …
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Today in History - March 31 https://t.co/7eNUZSEtyp On March 31, 1917, the U.S. took formal possession of the Danish West Indies. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments.
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