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Could it be our fascination with George Washington's Mona Lisa smile? What else keeps the dollar bill alive despite its obvious obsolescence? Most industrialized economies don't waste time with paper money of ...
"George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation"
Found in a coffee shop this morning: a 30-page book, allegedly written by the alleged father of this alleged country-when he was allegedly 14 years old!-on how not to be a total jackass.
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One of America's greatest inventors and most transformative African American educators was born a sickly baby into slavery in Missouri.
At checkup, Cheney's cardiac status is stable
Vice President Dick Cheney arrives at George Washington Hospital for his annual medical checkup in Washington on Saturday, July 12, 2008.
Vancouver unit to celebrate 100th anniversary of U.S. Army Reserve
Vancouver's Army Reserve unit will observe the 100th anniversary of U.S. Army Reserve on July 19 with a fun run, a historic soldiers bivouac and a barbecue.
Poll: Pet owners prefer McCain over Obama
If the presidential election goes to the dogs, John McCain is looking like best in show.
Popularity of historical memorabilia doesn't reduce with time
The Beatles were a cultural and musical phenomenon that hit the U.S. at the beginning of 1964.
Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross actors wed in Philly
Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross celebrated the eve of the Fourth of July not with fireworks but with wedding vows.
Archaeologists find remains of George Washington's boyhood home but no rusty hatchet
The archaeologists were delighted to at last find the remains of George Washington's boyhood home but got stumped when they looked for evidence of the cherry tree and rusty hatchet.
Enjoy an evening of music by The Police and Elvis Costello at one of Washington's most picturesque venues - "The Gorge" in George, WA.
The expanded use of formal rules on Capitol Hill is unprecedented and is bringing government to its knees.
The Unlikely Role of Patriot Pirates
It began offhandedly in the fall of 1775. Unable to attack British-occupied Boston because of shortages of cannons and gunpowder, George Washington observed the flow of enemy supplies into Boston harbor and ...
Somewhere in a distant time I saw George Washington in blue Jell-O, his wobbly head free-standing outside its mould.
Here be dragons, doing naval battle
"England expects that every dragon will do its duty?" This ain't Lord Nelson's Royal Navy.
P2P:- French culture minister Christine Albanel has formally presented the 'three strikes and you're out' P2P file sharing bill to cabinet, effectively turning the country into a massive taxpayer financed, but ...
Bill Callahan, Xiu Xiu's Stewart Join Prez Box Set Fun
Just as the U.S. presidential race got specific by narrowing to a two-candidate field recently, Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 Presidencies -- the "Schoolhouse Rock!"-style tribute to the United ...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-1939) War of 1812
It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent . Major causes of the war The tensions that caused the War of 1812 arose from the French revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars .
'Other Boleyn Girl,' 'John Adams,' 'The Bucket List' now on DVD
New DVD releases this week: "John Adams" Paul Giamatti stars as one of the United States' key founding fathers in this acclaimed miniseries, which features Laura Linney as his wife, Abigail Adams, Tom Wilkinson ...
Celebrate Father's Day with the Founding Fathers
Our Founding Fathers, including George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, all commissioned "silhouettes" or "profile shades" of themselves.
War costs: Soak the grandchildren
By the time Congress finishes the latest "emergency" war spending bill, a mere seven years into the emergency, the cost of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan will have exceeded $860 billion.