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  • July 2008
    • Dig Finds Washington's Home (No Cherry Tree)

      Dig Finds Washington's Home (No Cherry Tree)

      (Newser) - Archaeologists have found the childhood home of George Washington, the New York Times reports—and despite the popular legend, there's no cherry tree anywhere on the premises. Researchers describe the founding father's Virginia digs as “a very nice gentry house” sporting eight rooms—not the simple cottage pictured in popular imagination. More »

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      history   America   archaeology   Freemason   excavation   George Washington

  • April 2008
    • Obama Needs 'Act II'

      Obama Needs 'Act II'

      (Newser) - Act I was his grand entrance, and Act III will be his acceptance speech at the party convention, but now Barack Obama needs an Act II, Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal —and the subject of the act should be America. John McCain carries love of country “in his bones,” but Obama hasn’t closed the deal because ordinary voters don’t yet get the “content” and “fullness” of his patriotism. More »

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      Barack Obama   John McCain   Democratic National Convention   patriotism   George Washington

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