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State Holidays

Below is a list of the official holidays of every U.S. state—plus Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—on which state employees have the day off…

Maya Lin

Name at birth: Maya Ying LinMaya Lin was still an undergraduate at Yale University when she won the national design competition for a Vietnam War veterans memorial to be built near the Lincoln…

Newark, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Newark. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,861), Alameda co., W Calif., on the east side of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1955. There is food processing and the manufacture of plastics, furniture, feeds,…

U.S. Landmarks Timeline

Find out when some of the most historical sites in the U.S. became national landmarks. by Jennie Wood The U.S. began the National Historic Landmark Program to recognize and preserve the…

World Trade Center History

Magnificent buildings graced skyline by David Johnson and Shmuel Ross World Trade Center Stats 200,000 tons of steel 425,000 cubic yards of concrete…

Poem: Rhapsody on a Windy Night

Poem 15 Poem 17 Rhapsody on a Windy Night Twelve o'clock. Along the reaches of the street Held in a lunar synthesis, Whispering lunar incantations Disolve the floors of memory And all its…

Veterans

Number of Women Veterans in the United States New! Veterans of U.S. Wars and Their DependentsLast Living Veterans of America's WarsLast Civil War WidowsThe U.S. Veteran PopulationSee also:…

U.S. Historical Monuments and Landmarks

/**/ The U.S. Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, and Washington Memorial as seen from the Lincoln Memorial. Explore a variety of facts, images, and the significance of some of the most famous landmarks…