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Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and other religious and political leaders participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial at the National Mall. This…

A ceremony was held to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first shots of the Civil War fired at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. The ceremony included the Citadel Color Guard and singing…

Historians discussed the early history of the White House and the presidency. Among the topics they addressed were the election of 1800 and it relevance to American politics, life and work i…

Participants marked the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education by dedicating a museum in the Topeka, Kansas school in which the case originated. They a…

A celebration ceremony commemorating the completion of the Washington Monument restoration project.

Over 3,000 members of prisoner of war associations and others gathered to celebrate the opening of the National Prisoner of War Museum in Andersonville, GA, the site of a prison camp for Uni…

Ann Smith of the National Park Service described the 20 year design plan for efforts to protect the setting around the White House, and to provide support services and new educational opport…

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and others spoke at a ceremony officially opening the White House visitor center. Located in the Commerce Department, the center will provide visitor inform…