It’s likely the only museum in CT where people often react ‘What the heck?’ Here’s why.
At a historical state house museum there are many things one would expect to see. Restorations of Senate and House chambers?
Washington lawmakers debate removing first president from state flag. Critics call the move ‘un-American’
In the only state named after a president, lawmakers in Washington are debating whether it’s time to redesign the state flag and possibly remove the nation’s first president from it. Democrats ...
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.
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Piecing together presidential history
After taking measurements of the 200-year-old suit, Philip De Paola assembled a mock-up, or toile, in muslin and then ...
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What is open and closed this Presidents' Day?
Presidents' Day, observed on the third Monday of February, is a federal holiday in the United States that honors the legacy of all American presidents. Initially established in 1885 to celebrate ...
Six Sentences
The conflicts of popular factions are the chief, if not the only inlets, of usurpation and Tyranny,” the first president ...
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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, ...
Prez play: President's Day honors the office and a chance for break
President's Day makes for a welcome respite between Christmas and spring break by honoring the men who held the office.
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Hikers get historical amid ancient junipers at Oregon Badlands
Among my favorite games to play with my kids is estimating the age of enormous trees we spot in the woods, and then bestowing ...