Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday In Washington, D.C.

Commemorate the nation’s birthday with private whiskey tastings, Rose Garden-inspired afternoon teas and firework-watching ...

DC students deliver famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech at the Lincoln Memorial

Fifth graders from a D.C. elementary school walked in Martin Luther King Jr.’s footsteps at the Lincoln Memorial and recited his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
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'Walk for Peace' concludes as Buddhist monks arrive in Washington after 15-week trek

A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., after completing a 15-week trek from Texas that captivated ...

Martha Washington’s enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom – but the National Park Service has erased her story from Philadelphia exhibit

Prior to her escape, Judge served as a chambermaid in the President’s House. She spent years tending to Martha Washington’s ...

Buddhist monks walk to the U.S. Capitol on the final day of their 15-week journey from Texas

The 19 monks and their dog, Aloka, walked 2,300 miles across several Southern states — sometimes in frigid conditions — ...

Preserving 135 years of media at the Library of Congress Packard Campus

In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re heading to Culpeper, Virginia, for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the ...

Buddhist monks' 15-week walk for peace ends in Washington, D.C.

On Tuesday, nearly 3,500 people packed American University's Bender Arena for the monks' first public stop in the nation's ...