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Kim Phillip

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  • Gravestone reading "Arm of Stonewall Jackson, May 3, 1863" (Photo credit: Mary O'Neill, National Park Service)

    Where is Stonewall Jackson's Arm?

    All we know for sure is that Stonewall Jackson's left arm was buried at Ellwood plantation in 1863. What has happened to it since is anyone's guess.

    May 1, 2013

    • Virginia

    By Kim Phillip

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Sketch of the mythical fuan by Pearson Scott Foresman. [Source: Wikipedia]

Halloween

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A group from Ecuador marches to Kalorama Park during 1971 Latino Festival. (Source: Reprinted with permission of the DC Public Library, Star Collection © Washington Post)

Hispanic Americans

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Painting of George Washington on white horse with British soldiers walking alongside. Groups of soldiers stand on either side of the frame.

Revolutionary War

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Abraham Lincoln, bearded man wearing suit and bowtie.

Abraham Lincoln

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Woody Guthrie, 1943 (Library of Congress)

Music History

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The Washington Mall from behind the Washington Monument, with the museums and other buildings visible in the distance

National Mall

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German actress Hedwig Reicher wearing costume of "Columbia" with other suffrage pageant participants standing in background in front of the Treasury Building, March 3, 1913, Washington, D.C. (Source: Library of Congress)

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Mary Church Terrell stands with three African American men in 1953. (Reprinted with permission of the DC Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post.)

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  • The National Symphony at their inaugural concert on January 31, 1930 (Photo Source: Used with Permission from the NSDAR Archives)

    The Humble Beginnings of the National Symphony Orchestra

    At 4:45 p.m. on January 31, 1930 the “new and shaky ensemble known tentatively as the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C.” took the stage of the recently finished DAR Constitution Hall at...

    September 25, 2017

    By Emily Robinson

  • John Philip Sousa in his Marine Band uniform, 1880’s (Photo Source: Library of Congress)

    The March King Steps Down

    In the summer of 1892 Washingtonians had their hearts broken. After 12 years of conducting the United States Marine Band, John Philip Sousa, D.C. native and beloved conductor, submitted his...

    September 27, 2017

    By Emily Robinson

  • “The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.” (Photo Source: Library of Congress) The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., ca. 1898. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006688603/.

    The Library of Congress: An Overdue Opening

    November 1, 1897 was a cold, rainy Monday in the District. “This may not have been propitious weather for some occasions, but it was hailed with delight by a certain class of persons when they arose...

    October 30, 2018

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  • Cover of the album Chocolate City. Washington, D.C. landmarks on what looks like a chocolate medallion. Source: Wikimedia Commons

    Funk and the Chocolate City: How George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic Left a Mark on DC

    Funk band Parliament-Funkadelic has been in a long-term relationship with their African American fans from Washington, D.C. since the early 1970s. The message of Black freedom and empowerment inherent...

    July 2, 2024

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