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DAR Constitution Hall is a concert hall located at 1776 D Street NW, near the White House in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution to house its annual convention when membership delegations outgrew Memorial Continental Hall .
Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner was an event part of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee to rival the traditional White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2017. [1] The event was announced on January 30, 2017, [2] and took place at the DAR Constitution Hall on April 29, 2017, at the same time as the planned WHCA event. [3]
Memorial Continental Hall was the site of the Washington Naval Conference in 1921-22, a major diplomatic meeting in which the major powers of the world agreed to limit the sizes and capabilities of their naval forces. [2] In 1943 the hall was loaned to the American Red Cross for emergency wartime work. In 1949, the stage in the auditorium was ...
Ten people are killed in a mass shooting at an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden.; A Learjet 55 crashes (explosion pictured) into multiple buildings in Philadelphia, United States, killing at least 7 people and injuring 22 others.
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) unveils the tickets to the first inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 5, 2017.
Public Law 95-260 was passed by Congress in 1978 to create a memorial to the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The memorial is a gift from the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and consists of 56 stone blocks, each with a facsimile of the signer's actual signature, his occupation, and his home town.
The National Constitution Center is a non-profit institution that is devoted to the study of the Constitution of the United States.Located at the Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the center is an interactive museum which serves as a national town hall, hosting government leaders, journalists, scholars, and celebrities who engage in public discussions, including Constitution ...
Aug. 23—WILLMAR — In a letter Friday to Willmar City Council members, Willmar Mayor Doug Reese provided his input to narrow the scope of considerations for the location of a new city hall, and ...