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Historic Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

By A.J. Orlikoff, Interim Executive Director, Historic Congressional Cemetery On 20 July 1807, congressmen, department heads, military officers, and others gathered at a small, 4.5-acre cemetery in Square 1115 of

Stray Rounds

Five items of recent news as of June 2025.

Fort Hunt, Virginia

By Dallas Looney  Fort Hunt, located along the Potomac River in northern Virginia, was part of George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and remained part of the property until 1892, when the War

Army Art – Artwork of the Revolutionary War

After years of growing tensions between Great Britain and its North American colonies, on 19 April 1775, open hostilities erupted when British regulars and Massachusetts militiamen clashed at Lexington and

175th Infantry Regiment

The 175th Infantry is the oldest continuously operating military unit in Maryland, and the seventh oldest regiment in the U.S. Army.