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Washington's wartime 'oval office' getting remade
March 31, 2013 11:41 AM
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A large canvas tent that served as George Washington's home and command center during the Revolutionary War is being duplicated down to the finest stitch. The tent, also called a marquee, is being reproduced this summer as part of a new partnership between the planned Museum of... more » -
George Washington book fetches $9.8M at auction
June 22, 2012 8:35 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - A book once owned by George Washington containing his annotated copy of the U.S. Constitution has sold for nearly $10 million at a New York auction. A spokesman for Christie's auction house says it's a new world record for a historical document. Christie's says the bidder... more » -
George Washington's constitution to be auctioned
June 12, 2012 4:08 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - George Washington's 223-year-old copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights are expected to go for bids of $2 million to $3 million at auction later this month. The documents are bound in a book that contains notes in Washington's handwriting, including notations of the responsibilities of... more » -
George Washington as a chicken McNugget? Play Video
February 25, 2012 1:27 PM
Do you see it? A Nebraska woman claims she's had a McDonald's chicken McNugget for three years that resembles George Washington. The woman decided to auction off the McNugget on E-Bay to help raise money for her church. It worked; she sold the McNugget for more than $10,000! ... more » -
Check Lincoln wrote day before being shot is found
January 14, 2012 10:54 AM
BROOKLYN, Ohio (AP) - A personal check that Abraham Lincoln wrote the day before he was assassinated is among those that were rediscovered by an Ohio bank. The Plain Dealer in Cleveland reports that 70 checks were found in a vault at Huntington Bank's Columbus headquarters, including checks signed... more » -
Money Museum shows off collections of near coins
November 16, 2011 8:13 PM
The American Numismatic Association's Money Museum has put together a new collections of coins that could have been. The "patterns coins," as they're called, were stamped for design purposes but never approved for circulation. The exhibit features rare coins that span an 80 year period during the 19th Century.... more » -
George Washington racks up late fees at NY library
April 18, 2010 9:39 AM
If George Washington were alive today, he might face a hefty overdue library fine. New York City's oldest library says one of its ledgers shows that the president has racked up 220 years' worth of late fees on two books he borrowed, but never returned. One of the books was... more » -
Whose day is it?
February 15, 2010 3:01 PM
Today is a federal holiday, but is it Presidents Day -- or George Washington's birthday? The people who run the Historic Mount Vernon estate, the Virginia home of the nation's first president, say this day belongs only to him. And the government's web site notes that the legal designation... more »
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