The Museum of the American Revolution will display Thomas Jefferson’s chair and Martin Luther King’s prison bench
When envisioning its major exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, the Museum of ...
Why Washington’s most magnificent monuments barely made it on the map
Some of the most iconic memorials that grace Washington, D.C., drawing millions of visitors every year, only narrowly ...
Community-based initiative to honor victims of racial violence in Jefferson County
A community-based initiative will be aimed at honoring 33 African-Americans who were killed because of racial violence in Jefferson County from the mid-19th through ...
A national monument dreamed up in Northern Colorado will have place on National Mall
After a fight over its placement, a Colorado-born national monument honoring the fight for women's suffrage will have a home on the National Mall.
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Washington, DC famous landmarks secrets and fun facts
After he was elected in the 1930s, Franklin Roosevelt pushed to get a memorial for Jefferson. Congress created the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission. Architect John Russell Pope designed the ...
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Why Washington’s most magnificent monuments barely made it on the map
Serious planning for the Jefferson Memorial didn’t begin until the 1930s, when then-President Franklin Roosevelt, an ardent admirer of the country’s third president, decided it would be ...