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- Slide whistle (1974 bytes)
5: ...special effect. [[Louis Armstrong]] switched over from his more usual [[cornet]] to the slide whistle ...
7: ..., when he called for one in his [[ballet]], ''[[L'enfant et les sortil觥s]]''. More modern uses in classi... - Benjamin Banneker (3034 bytes)
1: ...1731]] – [[October 9]], [[1806]]) was an [[African-American]] [[astronomer]], [[clock|clockmaker...
3: ...of a farm and married one of her slaves, whom she freed.
11: ...Benjamin Banneker's Almanac'', which he published from [[1792]] through [[1797]]. He became known as t...
13: ...ch]] architect [[Pierre Charles L'Enfant|Pierre L'Enfant]] by surveying the [[District of Columbia|Federal...
15: ... his calculation and referred to the "long letter from Banneker, which shows him to have had a mind of... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ...ch architect [[Pierre L'Enfant]], and he helped L'Enfant plan [[Washington, DC]]. Ralston's original plan ...
31: ...ed in 1836, but Indiana went bankrupt in [[1839]] from the loans taken out under the aforementioned bi...
33: ...ections enlarged the town. The population soared from just over 8,000 in 1850 to more than 169,000 by...
35: ...in the [[1890s]]. The state government offered a free supply of [[natural gas]] to factories that wer...
37: ...social organization in the city during the period from [[1921]] through [[1928]]. The Klan continued ... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
28: ... soon afterwards. It was only in 1695 when Sir [[Francis Nicholson]] moved the [[capital]] of the roy...
34: ...state house housed the workings of the government from [[November 26]] [[1783]] to [[August 13]] [[178...
36: ...he Maryland state house and instructed [[Pierre L'Enfant]] to model the dome of the [[United States Capito...
52: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.67% from two or more races. 6.42% of the population are...
56: ...8, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who are 65 years of age or ... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
3: [[Image:Voltaire.jpg|frame|Voltaire]]
4: ...y the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was a [[France|French]] [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] ...
8: ...his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
10: ...nism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...Abbé de [[Châteauneuf]], a friend of François' mother, instructed him in ''les bel... - White House (15373 bytes)
12: ...h city planner [[Pierre Charles L'Enfant|Pierre L'Enfant]]. The architect was chosen in a competition, whi...
16: ...left|19th Century view of the White House as seen from the southwest, with the old West Wing visible.]...
20: ...ainted white as early as 1798, and the repainting from the fire damage did not originate the term "Whi...
28: ...dential review of the troops from a grandstand in front of the White House instead of the traditional ...
32: ...nce rather than risk alienating some associate or friend of a powerful politician or opinion-maker.
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