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‘Embracing its history’: Watergate Hotel trades on its claim to fame

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June 14

Watergate in pictures

‘Still grappling with it’ — 50 years of Watergate on film

‘Criminal mindset’ — author Garrett Graff on his new history of Watergate

Today in History: June 11, auto racing disaster at Le Mans

Catholic University asks judge to let ‘Wizard of Oz’ dress auction go on as planned

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Beyond Chinatown: Researching Asian American and Pacific Islander spaces in DC

Benjamin Sifrit refused parole in 2002 killing of Fairfax couple in Ocean City

Pre-Instagram, Facebook, DC musician ‘struck a pose’ in first photo ever shared on web

‘Wandering verses and wandering refrains’– the past and future of freedom music

Paul McCartney to play Balto. for 1st time since 1964

New contest enables Fairfax Co. teachers, students to recommend topics for historical markers

Biden’s ‘dagger’ speech hearkens to historic FDR speech at U.Va.

The challenge, and the opportunity, of teaching about Columbus in a new era

Dialing it back: DC has just 6 public payphones left

Original newspaper prints of US Constitution on display in Annapolis

Today in History

Why are so many teen boys, young men getting perms?

A year later, DC church leader looks back on the clearing of Lafayette Square

Cinco de Mayo: What it’s all about

Artifacts help tell a more complete story of Maryland’s earliest colonial settlement

The Baltimore Riot, 160 Years Later: Shades of the Capitol Insurrection

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January 13

We do solemnly swear you’ll enjoy this inauguration trivia quiz

Who had the first Thanksgiving? Virginia