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Memorial Day: How it came to be, how it evolved
While the federal holiday can be a time for families to get together, barbeque and enjoy the newly opened pools, Memorial Day ...
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Outside for Memorial Day? DC ranks as #1 city in the nation for parks
Memorial Day is on May 26 and for those who get to enjoy the long weekend, a day at the park may be just the way to spend it.
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WASHINGTON.; AFFAIRS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
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The Treaty that Reversed a Removal—the Navajo Treaty of 1868—Goes on View
In April 1868 a delegation of Navajo leaders traveled to Washington, D.C., to petition President Andrew Johnson to release of their people and return their homelands. During treaty negotiations at ...
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WASHINGTON.; The Danish West India Treaty-The Weekly Currency Statement.
The following dispatch was received at the State Department at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon : COPENHAGEN, Jan. 31, 1868. William H. Seward, Secretarg of State, Washington: The treaty in regard ...