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The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East Division. From 2005 to 2007, the team played in RFK Stadium while a new stadium was being built. In 2008, they moved to Nationals Park, located on South ...
Washington Place was begun in 1841 by the American trader, Captain John Dominis, and built as his personal residence. At the time Hawai`i was an independent kingdom, ruled by the son of Kamehameha the Great, Kauikeaouli―King Kamehameha III. Designed and constructed by Isaac Hart, the elegant Greek-Revival house rose on the fringe of the ...
Pacific Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 280 at the 2020 census, down from 291 at the 2010 census. Prior to 2010 it was part of the Moclips CDP. Geography. Pacific Beach is located in western Grays Harbor County, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered to the north by ...
Booker T. Washington. Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite . Born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Hale's Ford, Virginia, Washington was freed ...
1793 →. The first inauguration of George Washington as the first president of the United States was held on Thursday, April 30, 1789, on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, New York. The inauguration was held nearly two months after the beginning of the first four-year term of George Washington as president.
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories " Rip Van Winkle " (1819) and " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow " (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Jackson Place. Coordinates: 38°53′58″N 77°02′17″W. Facing north on Jackson Place. Jackson Place is a Washington, D.C. street located across from the White House and forming the western border of Lafayette Square between Pennsylvania Avenue and H Street, NW, beginning just south of Connecticut Avenue.
