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22 matches to Washington
Barbary Piracy. 1518-1830. G. Washington pays $1M to free enslaved seamen 1796. US attacks Tripoli 1815. French sieze Algiers, 1830.
Capitol. 1793-1800 Washington DC. Arch.: Thornton.
Civil Rights Movement. 1950-91. US movement to obtain rights for blacks. 1955 Parks. 1963 March on Washington. King speech. 1991 Civil Rights Act.
Continental Army. 1775-81. American Revolution army under George Washington.
Conway Cabal. 1777 plot to replace Washington with Gates at head of Continental Army.
Declaration of the 26 Nations. 1942. Washington. First reference to United Nations. Agreement to no separate truce with Axis.
Harding, Warren. 1865-1923. US Pres 1921-. Teapot Dome. Washington Conference.
Irving, Washington. 1783-1859. US writer. Rip van Winkle. Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1819. Tales of a Traveller 1824. Inventor of short story.
James, Henry. 1843-1916. US psychological novelist. American 1877. Washington Square 1881. Turn of the Screw 1898. Compared innocence of New World with corruption of Old.-“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature”.
L’Enfant, Pierre. 1754-1825. French/US architect. Washington town plan 1792, implemented 1901.
Leutze, Emanuel. 1816-68. US painter. Washington Crossing the Delaware 1851.
March on Washington. 1963. 200,000 in civil rights march led by King-“I have a dream”.
Randolph, A. Philip. 1889-1979. US black civil rights/labor leader. March on Washington 1963.
Trenton, Battle. 1776. Washington crosses Delaware to defeat British.
Valley Forge. 1777-8. Training camp of Washington’s Continental Army.
Vernon, Mt. Washington’s Virginia home.
Washington, Booker T. 1856-1915. US black educator: Up from Slavery 1901.
Washington, George. 1732-99. American Revolution commander, First US President.
Washington, Treaty. 1871. Britain/US recognize Canada, regulate Great Lakes navigation.
Washington Conference. 1921-2. Naval arms limitation treaty. Four Power Pacific Treaty: US, Japan, Britain, France.
White Plains, Battle. 1776. Washington retreats before British advance.
Wyoming Massacre. 1778. British Loyalists, Indians attack American settlement while men away in Washington’s army. 360 women, children killed.