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Publisher
Arcadia
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
When it was passed in 1789, the Constitution set out the boundaries not only for a new government but for a new capital city as well. At the time, the new District of Columbia covered 5,000 acres and was dominated by marshland on the south, pastureland on the area that is now the Mall, farms near the White House and Capitol Hill, and undeveloped woods throughout. This engaging photographic history has striking images and detailed captions that tell...
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Pub
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
From the planner of the city on the Potomac River, to generations of gay women who fought for the ratification of the 19th Amendment, through the 1980's when people covered the Mall with a quilt in order to finally hear politicians utter the word AIDS, Washington has a place in the identity of gay and lesbian America, which continues even now in the fight for marriages equal under the law and in the heart.--From publisher description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Author Keshia A. Case, founder of About Town Tours, LLC, guides groups through the historic areas of Richmond, Virginia (VA). Case earned a master's degree in art history with an emphasis on architectural history from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The author has gathered historical facts working in several of the local museums. With the assistance of VCU Libraries' Special Collections and Archives, Case has assembled a fantastic journey...
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