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Cherry Blossoms of Washington, D.C.

by Mark D. Hughes photos by Carol M. Highsmith Carol Highsmith, a distinguished and widely published American photographer, is donating her life's work to the Library of Congress. The Carol M.…

Harold Washington Library Center

Chicago, Ill.Designed in 1991 by Hammond, Beeby, and Babka photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected the Harold Washington…

Falls Church

(Encyclopedia) Falls Church, independent city (2020 pop. 14,917), NE Va., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. as a town 1875, as a city 1948…

George CABOT, Congress, MA (1752-1823)

Senate Years of Service: 1791-1795; 1795-1796Party: Pro-Administration; FederalistCABOT, George, (great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, great-great-great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr…

George POINDEXTER, Congress, MS (1779-1853)

Senate Years of Service: 1830-1835Party: Jacksonian; Anti-JacksonianPOINDEXTER, George, a Delegate, a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in Louisa County, Va., in 1779; had a…

Adams, Robert McCormick, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Adams, Robert McCormick, Jr., 1926–, American anthropologist, b. Chicago, Ill., grad. Univ. of Chicago (Ph.B., 1947; M.A., 1952; Ph.D., 1956). He served on the faculty of the Univ. of…

Adams National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia) Adams National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).