#George Washington

"I am not a culture vulture. I am a culture leech."https://t.co/p2rBC30Tm8 pic.twitter.com/8PZCfA2YGA — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 3, 2020 A George Washington University professor has admitted that she is not, in fact, black. Even though she told everyone she was. For a while. Even

Author: Evan Nicole Brown / Source: Atlas Obscura Maryland Route 178, also known as Generals Highway, is an eight-mile thoroughfare loosely connecting Baltimore and Annapolis. Before it had exits for shopping malls, the historic road was used by George Washington for his journey from New York to

Author: Lizzie Philip / Source: Atlas Obscura Upside down and on the last page of one of his journals, George Washington wrote down a recipe for small beer. The beer had low alcohol content because it was meant for hydration, not getting drunk. In the 1700s, water carried many diseases such as

Source: Good News Network 140 years ago today, Frank Woolworth opened the first of many 5-and-10-cent stores in Utica, New York. His F. W. Woolworth Company was arguably the most successful American–and international—five-and-dime business, setting trends and creating the modern retail model,

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama In February, our thoughts -and holidays- turn to love and presidents, so it makes sense to peek in on love letters written by presidents, some of which are pretty strange. The wives of both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson burned their love letters