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Sully Manor
Sully was the home of Richard Bland Lee, uncle of Robert E. Lee, and northern Virginia's first representative to congress. He lived here with his wife, Elizabeth Collins Lee, from 1794-1811. During the Lee residency, the farm was supported by…
Manassas Battlefields
This image was taken August 2007 in the Manassas Battlefields, the tree and bench have since been removed.
The Daguerre Monument, Washington, DC
The French artist Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787-1851) became interested in the 1820s in trying to capture images photographically. In August 1839 his “Daguerreotype” technique–fixing an image on a light-sensitive, polished silver plate–was…
The First Public Telegraph office, Washington, DC
Samuel F.B. Morse Artist and inventor opened and operated on this site under the direction of the Post Office Department. The First Public Telegraph Office.
Firemen's Insurance Co. building
The Fireman's Insurance Company began its operations in 1838 in downtown Washington.
General Winfield Scott Hancock Memorial in Washington, D.C.
"Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the…
