Today in History - April 23 https://t.co/sVAHv7J34A U.S. congressman, senator, and presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas was born in Brandon, Vermont, on April 23, 1813. Short in stature but influential in Congress, Douglas was nicknamed the "Little Giant." Continue read…
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With his chest laid bare for all to see, the Horatio Greenough sculpture of George Washington didn’t receive the warmest welcome from Italy when it arrived in 1841. https://t.co/S0EsPHB3Tk With his chest laid bare for all to see, the Horatio Greenough sculpture of George Was…
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When Leslie Groves took the lead on the Manhattan Engineer District, he became the head of the research that would create the atomic bomb. His office? Two small rooms in the New War Department Building. #DCHistory https://t.co/OGWjb0qRch When Leslie Groves took the lead on t…
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This Aztec pictorial map with Nahuatl writing was drawn for a court case surrounding the Oztoticpac estate within the city of Texcoco around 1540. See the details here: https://t.co/5EcYL8f7eY https://t.co/WS6zMUnnGw This Aztec pictorial map with Nahuatl writing was drawn for…
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The Midsummer Classic of 1937 might not have been as exciting as fans wanted, but the star-studded stands and field were entertainment enough at Griffith Stadium. #DCHistory https://t.co/q0zCYE0Izn The Midsummer Classic of 1937 might not have been as exciting as fans wanted,…
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After 84 years of lying in an unmarked grave in Maryland, Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant would finally rest in Arlington Cemetery. What caused the decades-long delay? #DCHistory #MDHistory #VAHistory https://t.co/h6eXlbXjSk After 84 years of lying in an unmarked grave in Mary…
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Charles Hamilton Houston’s activism in D.C. earned him the title of “architect of the civil rights movement’s legal fight.” His dedication to dismantling unequal conditions in schools was just one of many cases he took on in his career. #DCHistory https://t.co/E1koJp8TWI Cha…
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