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George Washington Birthplace National Monument - Virginia
George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Eastern Virginia offers the opportunity to explore the birthplace of America's first President. George Washington was born along Pope's Creek in ...
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How George Washington Carver National Monument became first monument dedicated to an African American and first to a non-president
The Monument in Newton County in southwest Missouri consists of land that was the 240-acre farm of Moses Carver. George Washington Carver was born in 1864 on that farm, which also became his ...
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You might be surprised why George Washington created our first military medal
In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was winding down and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington came up ...
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A Tribute to George: The Washington monument
In his master plan for the new city of Washington, D.C., architect Pierre L’Enfant left a spot for a large equestrian statue of George Washington to be placed at the intersection of a line ...
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You might be surprised why George Washington created our first military medal
George Washington was born on ... as Columbia until 1791 when it was named in Washington’s honor. July 4, 1848: The cornerstone of the monument is laid with great fanfare. Within the 24,500 ...