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  1. 1 day ago · On February 24, 2020, the Board of Visitors appointed Gregory Washington as the university's eighth president, and he assumed that role on July 1, 2020. Washington is the university's first African-American president. On March 23, 2020, George Mason shifted to exclusively online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hybrid instruction ...

    • James M. Buchanan

      James McGill Buchanan Jr. (/ b juː ˈ k æ n ən /; October 3,...

  2. 1 day ago · The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, victorious commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783 in the American Revolutionary War, and the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

    • 106.01 acres (42.90 ha)
    • 555 ft (169 m)
    • 1848–1854, 1879–1884
  3. 1 day ago · Etymology. Washington was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853; the territory was to be named "Columbia", for the Columbia River and the Columbia District, but Kentucky representative Richard H. Stanton found the name too similar to the District of Columbia (the national capital, itself containing ...

    • 71,362 sq mi (184,827 km²)
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