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DATABASES

Biography in Context
Biographical essays on the world's most influential people.
U.S. History Collection
Useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers, the database offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field.
Washington Post Historical Newspapers
Digitized Wasington Post articles from 1877-1997.

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WEBSITES

George Washington's Birthday Celebration
Celebrate the anniversary of George Washington’s birth in the first president's adopted hometown, Alexandria, home to the largest George Washington birthday celebration in the country.

Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is an American landmark and former plantation of George Washington, the first President of the United States, and his wife, Martha. The estate is on the banks of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Alexandria.

George Washington Masonic National Memorial
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria, Va.), is a museum designed to educate the world about George Washington.

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