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Building America: the incredible history of Washington DC
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Capitol has endured fire, war, shootings, bombings and stormings in its 200-year history, but it...
Archives Metro Station fire prompts single tracking of Green, Yellow lines
WDVM via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) put out a service...
DC/DOX returns to downtown with a bursting slate of documentaries
Washington Post· 1 day agoWhen AFI Docs paused operations indefinitely that year, Sitney and PR executive Jamie Shor stepped...
Gov. Whitmer lobbying for U.P. region to become Michigan’s second-ever National Heritage Area
WJMN Marquette via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWASHINGTON, DC. (WJMN) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced this week her plan to advocate for the...
How we uncovered the true story of 40 Acres and a Mule
Mother Jones· 3 hours ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles after the Civil War. One was dated 1865 and named Fergus Wilson ...
Vintage photos show what life was like in 1950s America
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoFrom suburbia and soda shops to the civil rights movement, the Space Race and the Red Scare, these...
EXPLAINER: What is Juneteenth?
KNWA Fayetteville via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoPresident Joe Biden after he signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC ...
Finally, a specific accounting of land stolen from the formerly enslaved
Mother Jones· 3 hours ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly...
NBA legend Jerry West dead at 86
WJZY via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoHe was attempting to grab a loose rebound in the second quarter of the game with the Celtics.(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) Jerry West attends...
DC’s Rainbow History Project reflects on 60 years of LGBTQ history ahead of World Pride - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 3 days agoD.C.’s Rainbow History Project told WTOP of its plans to share the D.C. region’s LGBTQ history ahead...
