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Laredo students experience colonial history with George and Martha Washington performance
Laredo students had the opportunity to travel back in time to the colonial era with a live performance featuring George and Martha Washington this week. The events were part of Washington's Birthday ...
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‘We’re the majority now’: MAGA returns to Washington, with a whole new vibe
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
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A look inside Wall Street's Federal Hall, the site of George Washington's inauguration
Inside it, National Park Ranger Ryan Ventura says is the actual stone where George Washington stood to take the oath of office to become president of the United States back on April 30 ...
The New Yorker20d
Donald Trump Returns to Washington
The Potomac River in Washington is frozen. On Friday afternoon, divers on a D.C. police boat maneuvered through slabs of ice atop the water and recovered the second of two dead bodies—a pickup ...
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George Tice, NJ 'photographer laureate,' dies at 86
MIDDLETOWN -- George A. Tice, the unofficial “photographer laureate” of New Jersey whose black-and-white photographs often captured the visceral, almost haunting urban landscapes of his home ...
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Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789
On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...
The New York Times22d
A Simple Brown Coat That Set the Tone for the U.S. Presidency
For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European royalty, will be on display at Mount Vernon. By Alexander Nazaryan Fashion ...
The Washington Post22d
Trump has already conquered D.C. even before taking office
President-elect Donald Trump is returning to Washington triumphant: His legal cases are behind him, corporate executives are flocking to Mar-a-Lago to meet with him, his inaugural committee has ...
The Washington Post23d
Trump doesn’t have a mandate. But, oh, does he have executive orders.
A musical rehearsal is staged Sunday in front of the U.S. Capitol ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration as president. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters/TPX Images of the Day) When our first populist ...
The New York Times24d
The Washington Post’s New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’
By Benjamin Mullin After Donald J. Trump entered the White House in 2017, The Washington Post adopted a slogan that underscored the newspaper’s traditional role as a government watchdog ...
The Conversation26d
A brief history of presidential inaugural speeches, from George Washington to today
But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He gave a speech. Every president since has followed his example and delivered an inaugural address as part of the ...