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Ultimate Virginia Bucket List: 100 Things To Do With Kids in VA
The slogan may be "Virginia Is For Lovers", but we say Virginia is for families! There are so many amazing things to do in ...
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Washington was our first president and a farmer
Our nation’s first president was also a farmer and he believed in being a good steward in a different era, Dave Bergmeier writes.
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Birthplace to host events for Washington’s 293rd birthday
George Washington Birthplace National Monument and the Northern Neck National Heritage Area invite the public to celebrate the 293rd birthday of the nation’s first president in the park on Saturday, ...
How George Washington’s birthday became a national holiday
George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating the first U.S. president on Monday.
How George Washington's Silence Shaped America's Most Powerful Office
Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...
16 presidents who grew up in surprisingly humble homes
While the Kennedys and Trumps of the world were born to wealthy families with large estates, other presidents had far more ...
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Mary Ball Washington, George’s single mother, often gets overlooked – but she’s well worth saluting
Mary Washington helped her son develop into the leader he became. While her son was the subject of several portrait artists, ...
Presidents Day is federally recognized as Washington's Birthday. Here's why the name differs depending on your state
The federal holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday to honor George, the first president, and 34 states use his name in ...
Presidents' Day A Federal Holiday: How Washington's Birthday Commemoration Turned from Reverence to Retail
Norfolk: Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king.And yet the United States ...