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Northern Virginia offers numerous ways to explore early American history. There are plenty of old homes, museums and other landmarks to tour across the several counties that make up the region of what is affectionately called "Nova".
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New York -
Lady Liberty, that iconic symbol of freedom known worldwide gracefully celebrates her 125th birthday Friday October 28, 2011 marked by a ceremony to rival her inauguration back in 1886.
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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and Shirley Farris Jones, author of “The Un-Civil War in Middle Tennessee," says “there was nothing ‘civil’ about the four years of strife, hardship, and loss of life and limb that occurred".
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The National Museum of American History has recently uncovered a secret message engraved in a gold watch belonging to Lincoln. The president never knew of the message, which marked the onset of the American Civil War.
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God of our fathers, known of old--
Lord of our far-flung battle line
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine--
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget - lest we forget!
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Portraits of black American history through the centuries
The Smithsonian Institute began construction of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Feb. 22, 2012
Nearly 40 million Americans watched this year's Grammys Awards - the second-largest audience in the event's history - figures show.
 Canada Post is issuing new stamps to mark Black History Month, including one that honours a former American slave who became a pioneer of Alberta's ranching industry.
 The U.S. Supreme Court this week will take on one of the most significant issues in recent American history: a challenge to President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul hated by opposition Republicans.
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"Unfamiliar Fishes," by Sarah Vowell, published by Riverhead Books, a member of the Penguin Group, USA inc. (2011)
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