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- George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
15: | wife=[[Martha Washington]]
19: '''George Washington''', ([[February 22]], [[1732]] – [[December...
21: ...inning and securing American independence, George Washington is generally recognized as one of the most import...
26: ...e was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] in Fredericksburg on [[4 February]] [[1752]]. On Lawren... - Flag of Washington (532 bytes)
1: [[Image:Washington_flag.jpg|right|thumb|Flag of Washington. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com C...
3: ... the state seal (which bears an image of [[George Washington]]) on a field of dark green. It is the only U.S. ...
5: ... design was adopted in [[1923]], prior to which [[Washington]] had no official state flag. - Washington (20186 bytes)
2: Name = Washington |
3: Fullname = State of Washington |
4: Flag = Washington state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Washington]] |
6: Seal = Washington state seal.png | - George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
1: ...ge_washington_carver.jpg|right|240px|thumb|George Washington Carver, 1906]]
2: ...]-[[1865|5]] - [[January 5]], [[1943]]) was an [[African-American]] [[botanist]] who worked in [[agric...
7: ...ul paintings of flowers on the walls of the room. From that moment on, he knew that he was going to be...
9: ...person. He promptly left, but still carried scars from this incident for the rest of his life.
11: ...ic agriculture and, in 1891, he became the first African-American to enroll at Iowa State College of A... - Olympia, Washington (7112 bytes)
1: ...ight|300px|State Capitol and waterfront, Olympia, Washington.]]
3: ...es of [[Lacey, Washington|Lacey]] and [[Tumwater, Washington|Tumwater]], Olympia is the focal point of the Sou...
8: state = Washington |
15: county = [[Thurston County, Washington|Thurston County]] |
32: ...c missionaries built a mission at [[Priest Point, Washington|Priest Point]] near the future townsite for the c... - Martha Washington (3111 bytes)
1: ...ge:Martha_Washington.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Martha Washington]]
3: ... first husband. Content to live a private life on Washington's [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon estate...
5: ...on's decision late in life to change his will and free all his slaves upon his death.
7: [[Image:martha washington_stamp.JPG|left|150px|thumb|]]
8: ... sum of $150,000 for the purchase of the property from the Lee Family. - Washington State Map (242 bytes)
1: == Printable Washington State Map ==
2: [[Image:Washington_map_BW.jpg|center|thumb|250px|Image provided by [...
3: ...m/pdf/flag/arizona_flag_BW.pdf Download Printable Washington Map] - Washington State Facts (258 bytes)
2: [[Image:washington_facts.jpg|center|thumb|250px|Image provided by [h...
3: [http://academickids.com/pdf/maps/state_facts/washington_facts.pdf Download Printable State Facts Handout] - Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
1: ...[Washington Monument]] and the [[White House]] in Washington, D.C.]]
3: ...ould not be confused with the [[U.S. state]] of [[Washington]], located in the [[Pacific Northwest]].
5: ...03]] U.S. Census Bureau estimates, is 563,384. If Washington, D.C. were considered as a state, it would rank l...
7: ...rotest]]s, particularly on the [[National Mall]]. Washington is also the site of numerous national landmarks, ...
9: The official bird of Washington DC is the [[wood thrush]]. The official motto is...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
15: national_motto =''Sufragio efectivo, No reelecci
16: ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[1810]]<br>[[Se...
68: On [[September 16]], [[1810]], independence from Spain was declared, by [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costi...
70: ...ntral America]] were all incorporated into Mexico from [[1822]] to [[1823]], when they declared indepe... - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
72: | [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]]
191: | [[Washington]]
192: | [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
3: ...arth was flat is a literary [[myth]] created by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people a...
5: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
20: ... Edward Snowden leaks highly classified documents from the National Security Agency.
52: ...orge H. W. Bush dies from complications resulting from Parkinson's disease. He lies in the state at th...
54: ...Washington bans all persons under 21 years of age from purchasing a semi-automatic rifle.
55: ...ernment shutdown in American history, which lasts from December 22, 2018 to *January 25, 2019 (35 days...
87: ...l emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, freeing up $50 billion in disaster relief funds. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
11: ...ton]] opens in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
17: *[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is pu...
24: ... II]]: U.S. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States C...
29: ... to be retrievable and she dies a few hours later from stress and overheating.
48: *[[1765]] - [[Pierre Girard]], [[France|French]] mathematician (d. [[1836]]) - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
20: ...ost recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the centenary of the [[Enten...
29: ...7]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast t...
33: ...t-great-grandmother. They are also both descended from [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (she being a great-...
38: ...] [[1996]]) [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Frances Spencer]] ([[1961]]–[[1997]]); married...
55: ... toured [[Canada]] and visited [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]] In January [[1952]] Elizabeth and Philip se... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...VII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
4: ... [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]]. She was born at the...
13: ...as flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred to speak Germ...
15: ... was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...arewell, my dearest child. Do so much good to the French people that they can say that I have sent the... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
3: ... Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Washington|Washington state]] and is a member of the [[United States De...
9: ...then moved to Seattle suburb [[Mountlake Terrace, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded her of In...
11: ==In the Washington and United States Houses==
13: ...ell became the youngest woman ever elected to the Washington State Legislature at the age of 28. She had knock... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
4: ...ternational Service at [[American University]] ([[Washington, DC]]), in [[1970]].
12: ...killed himself. Researchers and all Kelly's close friends believe her death was totally unexpected and...
16: In the words of her friend, the [[Tenzin Gyatso|Dalai Lama]]: "Petra Kel...
30: * Frank Noakes: [http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/1992... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
41: ...Experience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ri...
43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...moting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. She was a [[Firs...
5: ...tes of America|United Nations Association]] and [[Freedom House]]. She chaired the committee that draf...
9: ...exual explorations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information...
11: ...rom the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ...f the Democratic Party, which Alice viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President.... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...igan elected to the U.S. Senate, and along with [[Washington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat ...
5: ...ted States House of Representatives]] in [[1996]] from Michigan's Eighth District and served two terms...
9: ... served in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], when [[Francis B. Stockbridge]] died.
15: ...l Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from Michigan]] | years=2001- | after=Incumbent}} - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ... born into [[slavery]]. (later changed to '''Baumfree'''). Other sources list her name as "Isabella V...
13: ...lection of supplies for the Union, and moved to [[Washington, D.C.]], after the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] ... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
7: ...on, D.C.]] in [[1942]]. Nancy accompanied him to Washington and was hired by the [[Air Transport Command]]'s ... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...hylis Wheatley''', was born in [[Senegal]] in [[Africa]], but was captured and sold into [[slavery]] ...
7: ...f the [[American Revolution]], including [[George Washington]], who met with her to thank her for a poem she h...
9: ... of John and Susannah Wheatley, Phillis married a free black grocer named John Peters. She herself did...
14: ...''Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and Slave'' (Boston: Published by Geo. W. Lig...
16: ...To His Excellency George Washington'' written for Washington-history's most famous piece of work-in 1776 - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
12: ..., and despite opposition, set up one of the first free public schools in the state.
14: ... Patent and Trademark Office|Patent Office]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] where she learned the ins and outs of the...
21: ...Butler]] "lady in charge" of the hospitals at the front of the [[Army of the James]].
23: ...age]] movement. She also became acquainted with [[Frederick Douglass]] and became an activist for blac...
27: ...nd its humanitarian work during the war between [[France]] and [[Prussia]]. Created in [[1864]], the I... - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
2: ...orothy Dix]]) was a tireless social activist who, from the early [[1840s]] to well after the [[America...
4: ...er as a reformer before the first woman graduated from a U.S. [[medical school]].
10: ...f the time as a teacher and writer. In any event, friends arranged to have her sent abroad to recover....
12: ...the healing power of a family-like asylum removed from the pressures of daily life. When she returned ...
16: ..., following this presentation, the representative from Little Compton announced that Simmons had died.... - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
10: ... the Union front lines, including the [[Battle of Fredericksburg]] and in [[Chattanooga]] after the [[...
12: ...the 52nd Ohio Infantry. During this service, she frequently crossed battle lines, treating civilians....
14: Sections from the citation accompanying the medal read:
16: :''Whereas it appears from official reports that Dr. Mary E. Walker, a gra... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
1: [[Image:aretha_franklin.jpg|thumb|200px|Aretha Franklin]]
2: ...itive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the g...
6: ... jazz singer, the results never gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovativ...
8: ... of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went t...
12: Among her most successful hit singles from this era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ''"You Make... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ...of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian chu...
13: ... 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles (about 130 kilometers) from Nazareth; and while there they found shelter in...
15: ...|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. This was followed by the presentat...
19: ...Acts 1:14). From this time she wholly disappears from the historical biblical accounts, although it i...
25: ... Virgin Mary]]'' or ''Our Lady'' (this latter, in French, Spanish, and Italian, is rendered ''Notre Da...
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