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anonymous

Film of 1968 Washington Riots | Ghosts of DC - 0 views

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1968 riots national guard community

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  • anonymous on 25 Mar 14
     
    Primary source material, National Archives. Twelve minutes.No sound. Street Scenes. Unattributed, Ghosts of DC doesn't give NARA source. Views of rubble, National Guard, neighbors, children--closeup shots don't give locational context
Elizabeth Purnell

The Design of the National Museum of Natural History - 4 views

http://www.jstor.org/stable/4127992 This museum was the first edition to the National Mall in Washington D.C. and was constructed from 1903-1910. The building was debated about for a long time and...

Diigo washington dc art history museum National Mall

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Patrick Woolverton

The National Capitol: Its Architecture, Art and History - 0 views

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Washington DC architecture art history

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    Written by George Cochrane Hazelton, The National Capitol is an excellent resource for learning about the Architecture, Art and History of Washington, D.C. This book, not only containing a recounting of early labor efforts in the city, provides correspondence and the plans for early D.C.
Elizabeth Purnell

The History of the Washington Monument - 1 views

http://www.jstor.org/stable/1760884 The Washington Monument was a monument built on the National Mall in Washington D.C. to honor and remember George Washington for all of the service that he has ...

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anonymous

Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York ... - Solomon... - 1 views

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slavery Solomon Northrup

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    Google Book of Solomon Northrup publication which formed the foundation for Oscar-nominated "Twelve Years a Slave." The author's experiences as a freeman, captured and enslaved by the National Mall, and sold south where he labored on a plantation until freed by the actions of family and abolitionist supporters.
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Proposed National Zoo in Rock Creek Park | Ghosts of DC - 1 views

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  • anonymous on 04 Apr 14
     
    Reprint of article from Boston Globe (1888) with image of first elephant house (1899) Blogpost also includes photo of Olmstead plans for National Zoological Park...and more...
Ben Walsh

8th & I - 2 views

Washington D.C. is home to the oldest active Marine Corp post, which was formed in 1801. This post, which is also known as Marine Corps Barracks was founded by President Thomas Jefferson and then C...

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anonymous

The Willard Hotel: An Illustrated History: Richard Wallace Carr, Marie Pinak Carr: 9780... - 1 views

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Willard Hotel washinton dc national register of historic places

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    Social/cultural history of famed Willard Hotel --often called the center of Washington more than either the Capitol or the White House or the State Department. Founded in 1847 on land originally owned by Scottish proprietor, David Burnes.
anonymous

It Happened in Washington, DC, - Gina De Angelis - Google Books - 3 views

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Beatles; Washinton Nationals Marian Anderson War of 1812 washington dc

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  • anonymous on 26 Feb 14
     
    Quick-fix, feature-story approach to some of DCs major historic events. Includes 1924 World Series Win; Beatles at the Washington Coliseum; Marian Anderson at Lincoln Memorial, Burning of Washington.
anonymous

H-Net Discussion Networks - Today in DC history: June 8 - Thompson Restaurant case - 1 views

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segregation washington dc supreme court mary church terrell national lawyers guild

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    Summarizes landmark 1953 resuscitating laws on the books since 1870s regarding discrimination, but not enforced. A liberal Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public accommodations in Washington, DC, was illegal.
  • anonymous on 25 Feb 14
     
    Summarizes landmark 1953 resuscitating laws on the books since 1870s regarding discrimination, but not enforced. A liberal Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public accommodations in Washington, DC, was illegal.
katie douthitt

Union Station - 4 views

http://www.unionstationdc.com/info/infohistory Union Station opened on September 29, 1988 as a private/public ownership. In 1981 Congress restored the station with $160 million to preserve as a nat...

Unionstation DC Washington

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anonymous

The Egyptian Obelisk of Murder Bay | Ghosts of DC - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 01 Apr 14
     
    Clark Mills, culptor of the Lafayette Park Andrew Jackson statue writes to Washington Post in 1877 about the scandalous shame of the unfinished washington monument
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