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DC's first monuments: Boundary Stones

<p>George Washington hired Andrew Ellicott to survey the land and after more than two-centuries Ellicott's stone markers are still standing.</p>
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Pierre L'Enfant's great design for Washington

<p>It was a Frenchman, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who helped create our capital city. </p>
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The tree that owns itself

<p>The Tree That Owns Itself has its own Facebook page and children’s book. </p>
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House detectives unlock the history of your house

<p>Have you ever wondered who has lived on your property or in your house before you did? Did anyone famous live there or die there? </p>
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Open Road: The last silk mill

<p>In western Maryland’s Allegany County there’s a piece of American history that’s pretty much been untouched for more than half a century. </p>
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Black History Month: Honoring Harriet Tubman

<p>In March The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Park will open on the Eastern Shore of Maryland near Tubman's childhood home.</p>
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Luray Caverns' gold mine for the community

<p>Through the years, more than a million dollars has been mined from the Luray wishing well.</p>
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Honoring Carter G. Woodson

<p>Carter G. Woodson's Shaw neighborhood home will open to the public on Memorial Day.</p>
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App links restaurants with non-profits feeding poor to lower food waste

<div> "Thirty to forty percent of all food produced in the world and in the United States goes to waste. And, we want to bring that number down to zero percent."</div> <div> </div>
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A Vision for Life: Man who's blind meets challenges head on

<p>"We’re all one diagnosis or one accident from being exactly in my situation."</p>
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Yoga Mortis at DC's Congressional Cemetery

<p>After a person dies rigor mortis sets in. It’s the stiffing of joints and muscles. Yoga Mortis is for the living and it helps the body stay flexible.</p>