Topic: Washington, DC
In 1845, according to baseball legend, Alexander J. Cartwright, an amateur player in New York City, organized the New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, which formulated a set of rules for baseball, many of which still remain. The adoption of these rules ...
* 1861 * The war began on April 14, 1861 with the Confederate victory at Fort Sumter located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. The next day, April 15, President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to serve a three-month term in ...
The First Battle of Bull Run was a bad start for Lincoln's fledgling army of the Potomac and a harbinger of false hope for the new Confederacy. The War was but months old when the Confederacy arrogantly massed much of its army ...
The Potomac River is an American waterway that runs through the states of Virginia , West Virginia, and Maryland, as well as the District of Columbia. The Potomac marks the border between Maryland and Virginia and Washington, DC and Virginia and is ...
The Washington DC metro area is divided into more than a handful of neighborhoods, each with it's own atmosphere and attitude that make it unique and important to the structure of the city. The Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington DC is an ...
DuPont Circle is perhaps the most affluent and culturally diverse neighborhood in Washington D.C. Its park-like center is reflective of the original vision for the city of providing function while maintaining the natural beauty of the land. Located at the intersections of ...
Within a short drive from Washington, DC you can enjoy a day trip or weekend getaway to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia and combine a love of history and nature. Harpers Ferry, a national historic park known for John Brown's attack on slavery ...
Discovering the Civil War" is a new exhibit opening on April 30, 2010 at the National Archives in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. "Discovering the Civil War", which is free and open to the public, will be shown ...
2899 Jefferson Davis Hwy Arlington, VA 22202 (703) 549-3434 Located within Arlington Virginia's Crystal City @ Reagan National Airport (DCA) with easy access to Washington, DC. Free shuttle service to the METRO Rail station providing easy access to DC, Smithsonian Museums, Alexandria ...
One afternoon in May 1861, a young Union Army officer went rushing into the mansion that commanded the hills across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. " You must pack up all you value immediately and send it off in the morning," ...
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