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    The Historical Society of Washington, D.C., also called the DC History Center, is an educational foundation dedicated to preserving and displaying the...
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    Civil War in Washington, DC (2013) Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Washington, D.C.. The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Guide to...
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    Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States...
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    an overview of and topical guide to District of Columbia: Washington, D.C., legally named the District of Columbia, in the United States of America, was...
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    part of #DCFlagDay as part of a discussion on the history of the DC flag. It is currently in the holdings of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.,...
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    over the Retrocession of the District of Columbia, 1801–2004" (PDF). Washington History. Historical Society of Washington, D.C.: 54–82. Retrieved 2009-01-16...
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    part of University of the District of Columbia. In 1999, it became the headquarters for the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. The City Museum of Washington...
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    The New-York Historical Society is an American history museum and library in New York City, along Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets, on the...
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  • Historical Society of Washington, D.C., and an Apple Store. President Theodore Roosevelt attended the dedication of this building in 1903. Several of...
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    A historical society is non-profit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and promoting the history of a particular place, group...
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    History of the City of Washington, D. C. Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House. ISBN 0-217-96242-4. Stand Up! for Democracy in D.C. Coalition...
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  • 1974, of the United Kingdom Hellenic Seaways, a Greek ferry operator Heswall railway station, in England Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Howard...
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    Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 51/52. Washington, DC.: Historical Society of Washington: 138–147. JSTOR 40067303. Crawford...
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  • This list of museums in Washington, D.C. encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities...
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  • The Washington State Historical Society is the historical society of the U.S. state of Washington. Based in Tacoma, it is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and is...
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    in several books in the collection of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. A descendant (Edward Sisson) of the family that owned the mansion throughout...
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    in Washington, D.C., located in both Northeast D.C. and Southeast D.C.. Dominated by the United States Capitol, which sits on the highest point of Capitol...
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    September 5, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2015. "Washington, D.C. History F.A.Q." Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on September...
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    Society, Washington, D.C. 21. Washington, D.C.: Columbia Historical Society: 24–118. Retrieved February 19, 2010 – via Google Books.. Lee, Virginia C...
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    director is C. Morgan Grefe, Ph.D., and the board chair is Robert H. Sloan, Jr. The Society has the largest and most important historical Rhode Island...
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    Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is a statewide historical society in Georgia. Headquartered in Savannah, Georgia, GHS is one of the oldest historical organizations...
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    The Vermont Historical Society (VHS) was founded in 1838 to preserve and record the cultural history of the US state of Vermont. Headquartered in the...
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    Ulysses S. Grant III (category George Washington University trustees)
    the board of trustees of the Columbia Historical Society (now the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.). From 1957 to 1961, he was chairman of the Civil...
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    The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is a major historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history. The Massachusetts...
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    Southeast Washington, D.C. Its downtown is located at the intersection of Good Hope Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. It is located east of the Anacostia...
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    "The Washington City Canal". Records of the Columbia Historical Society. 53–56: 1–27. JSTOR 40067664. Now called Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Wetzel...
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  • estimated 2,700 D.C. residents of Lebanese descent. Historically, European immigrant neighborhoods in DC have included the Irish neighborhoods of Swampoodle...
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    The German Historical Institute Washington DC is an institute of historical study based in Washington, D.C. It has been part of the Max Weber Stiftung:...
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    The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma dedicated to promotion and preservation of Oklahoma's history and its...
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    The Virginia Museum of History and Culture founded in 1831 as the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia...
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