The father of our country? National Museum of American History
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Several decades after the American Revolution, George had come to be known to many of his countrymen as “pater patriae,” or “the father of his country.” No, not that George! I am speaking, instead, of George III, the king who had once held the loyalty of Britain’s North American colonists but who lost their allegiance when they chose independence in 1776.
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Thomas Cole: a Fresh Look at the Father of American Landscape
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Visiting the American Museum of Natural History with Kids
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20 Famous Native and Indigenous Americans Today
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Barack Obama The White House
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Martin Luther King, Jr.—facts and information
Black History Month: What is it and why do we need it?
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African American history museum tour, exhibit map - Washington Post
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African American history museum tour, exhibit map - Washington Post
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