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The story behind Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown house that’s now up for auction

78 years ago: World War II hero with one leg took the pitcher’s mound in Washington

40 years ago: The Beach Boys’ Fourth of July concert on the National Mall was canceled

Vinyl LP turns 75: Revolutionized how music was recorded, packaged, listened to

Three-night docuseries ‘FDR’ premieres Memorial Day on History Channel

Army seeks to ID unknown liquid in WWI munition, similar to chemical weapon in Spring Valley cleanup

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