Father of Freedom and Slaveholder: Mount Vernon Addresses Washington's Great Hypocrisy
Terrified and hopeless, Tom, a Virginia slave, sat shackled in the dark hull of a schooner as it lay anchored in the Potomac River...
Guam: Mythology Meets History
The colors of the tropics are in full display on the hills overlooking the verdant Umatac Bay, as the sun sets in hues of purple and orange.
Natural Beauty, WWII Survival, and Carnival Kitsch All in One Stop
The name “Talofofo Falls Park” evokes imagery of an exotic tropical cascade, like something out of Jurassic Park. After leaving the main...
Folger Shakespeare Library: English Theater, Literature, and History in the Heart of the U.S. Capita
Time your visit so you can take one of the free docent-led tours. These hour-long tours take bring the language of Tudor England to life (do
Nashville Isn’t Just Country: Finding the Soul in Music City
The bass and the drums rumble in your chest, the brass horns dazzle your ears, and the organ gets into your soul, even before the singer...
Mixing Souls and Spirits in Music City
As a city that grew out of the American frontier, saw its fair share of Civil War confrontations, and has its own scarred history with...
Ancient Greece in the American South
Sure, the ruins of the Acropolis in Greece are world-renown as the cradle of Western Civilization. But if you can’t afford the airfare,...
Navigating DC’s Metro System
If you're visiting DC, you'll likely spend some time on DC's Metro trains. But the system can be a bit frustrating without some
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