Can you imagine the world’s most powerful clandestine intelligence agency spread out across a series of ramshackle offices in and around Washington, DC? Well, that’s what constituted the Central Intelligence Agency in 1953. #DCHistory #VAHistory https://t.co/31d7Uz112I Can y…
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Early 1900s postcard of Caldwell Hall, the first major building at Catholic University in Brookland, DC. Completed in 1889, it was designed by Ephraim Francis Baldwin (1837-1916). In the distance is Holy Cross College, completed in 1899 and designed by Lemuel Norris (1848-19…
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https://t.co/jFda3jKD0o https://t.co/jFda3jKD0o — Streets of Washington (@StreetsOfDC) May 15, 2022
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Today in History - May 15 https://t.co/9w1KQDA9Sj Lyman Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was born on May 15, 1856, in Chittenango, New York. Continue reading. On May 15, 1856, residents of San Francisco organized a Committee of Vigilance to combat crime in …
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Quote of the Day: "It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." - Edmund Hillary
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Today in History - May 14 https://t.co/VaH8AVVpK5 On May 14, 1607, English settlers arriving under the authority of the Virginia Company of London chartered by King James I established the first permanent British settlement in North America at a place they named Jamestown, V…
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This colorful map of Japan was published in 1855, just two years after American Navy Commodore Matthew Perry visited the nation for the first time. Check it out: https://t.co/iX8sIj3G0B https://t.co/gARI2NmvRq This colorful map of Japan was published in 1855, just two years a…
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