George Washington confronted a smallpox epidemic with a belief in science—and a controversial plan. ... HISTORY & CULTURE. He was the last king of America. Here’s how he lost the colonies.

An abandoned school building in Maryland is being refashioned into a movie studio. The old Fairmont Heights High School, which was Prince George’s County’s first publicly funded high school ...

1978 — The Washington Bullets beat the Seattle SuperSonics 105-99 in Game 7 to win the NBA Championship. 1980 — Temperance Hill, a 53-1 long shot ridden by Eddie Maple, wins the Belmont Stakes ...

Artwork History. This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. One of six statues in the city’s parks of the nation’s first president, George Washington ...

D.C. is the place for monuments to the thinkers, warriors and leaders who shook and shaped the country. Memorials of LGBTQ history may be less well known, but are key to understanding the place of ...