A House Divided: February 21, 2010 - February 27, 2010
DC planners approve Ft. Stevens project
The Washington D.C.'s Office of Planning voted yesterday to grant a church the variance it sought to construct a five-story addition at the edge of Ft. Stevens' national park, the place where President Lincoln observed the Confederate attack on the...
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Linda Wheeler
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February 24, 2010; 6:34 AM ET |
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USS Constellation combatted slave trade
This weekend in Baltimore, staff of the historic USS Constellation are offering a tour and discussion of the ship's history in the fight against the trans-Atlantic slave trade. She chased and caught the slaver Cora, as told in this dramatic...
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Linda Wheeler
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February 23, 2010; 11:06 PM ET |
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Church project threatens Ft. Stevens
A few weeks ago, it appeared that a meeting of minds between good people on each side would save the day for Ft. Stevens in Northwest Washington, D.C., the fortification that President Lincoln visited when Confederate forces advanced on the...
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Linda Wheeler
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February 22, 2010; 2:24 PM ET |
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