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DAR offers guests a walk through time
A museum right next to the White House grounds that might not be on your radar offers a walk through history. News4’s Tommy McFly reports.
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SEE IT: TSA history is stored in this warehouse in Springfield, Virginia
In a non-descript building right off I-95 in Springfield, Virginia, there are thousands of artifacts from the Transportation Security Administration.
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Hidden Treasures: A look inside the TSA's artifact vault
The TSA gave News4 an exclusive look at their warehouse in Springfield, Virginia, where artifacts dating directly back to 9/11 are stored. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.
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George Washington's 1777 espionage letter on display at Spy Museum
During the American Revolution, Gen. George Washington offered Nathaniel Sackett $50 a month to spy for the Continental Army, plus another $500 to set up a spy network. Washington’s letter to Sackett is on display at D.C.’s Spy Museum. News4’s Tommy McFly has more on this Presidents Day.
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DC's only Black-owned LGBTQ+ lounge gives life to a historic building
Thurst Lounge on 13th Street NW is best known for its Thursday open mic nights. The building used to be owned by Odessa Madre, a Black woman who identified as LGBTQ herself. News4’s Tommy McFly has the details.
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College Board revises AP African American Studies course
Associated Press education reporter Cheyanne Mumphrey spoke with News4’s Drew Wilder about what changes students will see when the class launches next school year.
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Black Heritage Museum, Arlington Historical Society dedicate markers honoring three enslaved people
Three people, enslaved in the 1800s at the oldest house still standing in Arlington, were honored Saturday with bronze markers dedicated in their memories.
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Maryland Supreme Court posthumously admits Black man to bar, 166 years after rejecting him
More than a century after Edward Garrison Draper was rejected for the Maryland Bar due to his race, he has been posthumously admitted. Draper presented himself as a candidate to practice law in 1857 and a judge found him “qualified in all respects” — except for his skin color.
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A taste of Virginia's wine history during Virginia Wine Month
News4’s Tommy McFLY sat down over a glass of wine with a Virginia vineyard owner to learn how winemaking got its roots in Virginia.
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Hitler's birthplace is being turned into a police station
The move is intended to make it unattractive as a place of pilgrimage for Nazi sympathizers and hate groups.
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The world's oldest shoes? Sandals found in bat cave are thousands of years old, study finds
The sandals are the “earliest and widest-ranging” collection of prehistoric footwear ever found in Europe, a new study said.
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Rare tickets to Ford's Theatre on the night Lincoln was assassinated auction for $262,500
A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth — has sold at auction for $262,500.
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What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. Here’s what you need to know about this important holiday.
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National Portrait Gallery Opens New US Imperialism Exhibit
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s exhibit “1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions” is now open for visitors to explore the history of U.S. expansion overseas.
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Explorers Find WWII Ship Sunk With Over 1,000 Allied POWs
Explorers have announced they found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia’s largest maritime wartime loss with a total of 1,080 lives.
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Holocaust Survivor Shares 60-Year Secret: He Arrested One of Hitler's Top Officers
One of the architects of the Holocaust was Arthur Seyss-Inquart, one of the most loyal and high-ranking officers of Hitler’s Nazi party. He might have escaped justice the day the Nazis surrendered, if not for a NYC man who shared his heroic story for the first time
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Loudoun County Mapping Sites Important to African American History
The county hired a historical research company that’s updating its record of locations that are important to African American history. News4’s Julie Carey reports.
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Historic Potomac Church to Undergo Restoration
Freed men and women built the Scotland A.M.E. Zion Church in Potomac, Maryland, in the early 1900s. Now, the church is gathering donations to complete a restoration and expansion project. News4’s Tommy McFly reports.
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When is Women's History Month? Everything You Need to Know
Decades before the month-long celebration came to be, some Americans celebrated “Women’s Day.”
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Pieces of History: Old North Church Records Reveal Untold Stories of Black and Indigenous Parishioners
The Old North Church is seen as an iconic landmark of the Revolution, but what we are taught is dictated by who is writing the story.