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Posted In September 28, 2015

Langley Chapel in Shropshire, England

Why Is It Named Langley, VA?

Langley, VA is the headquarters for the CIA. What's the history behind the area's name?

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1921 map of Trinidad

Why Is It Named Trinidad?

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Shark Attacks in the Potomac in 1911?

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A Striking Portrait of Lewis Powell: The Man Who Tried to Kill Secretary of State William Seward

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Rayful Edmond III: Washington D.C.'s Noted Drug Kingpin

AERIAL VIEW OF WEST/FRONT AND NORTH/SIDE FACADES, LOOKING SOUTHEAST (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT): VA-1272 Ball Building, 1437 N. Court House Road. VA-1273 Jesse Building, 1423-27 N. Court House Road. VA-1276 Jesse-Hosmer Building, 1419 N. Court House Road. VA-1275 Moncure (Adams, Porter, Radigan) Building, N. 1415 Court House Road. VA-1274 Rucker Building, N. 1403 Court House Road. - Lawyers' Row Block, North Court House Road between Fourteenth & Fifteenth Streets, Arlington, Arlington County, VA

A Trip Down Memory Lane - Exploring the "Lawyers' Row Block" in Arlington from the Early 1990s

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Never-Built Ulysses Grant Memorial Bridge

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1891 Map of Street Sweeping

1916 bird's eye view of Washington

A Bird's Eye View of Washington, Looking Toward the Northeast

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Why Is It Named Centreville?

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February 27, 1923. "Miss Alice Reighly, 1409 Harvard Street, president of Anti-Flirt Club, which has just been organized in Washington, D.C., and will launch an 'Anti-Flirt Week' beginning March 4. The club is composed of young women and girls who have been embarrassed by men in automobiles and on street corners." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. (Shorpy)

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