In 1897, in LeRoy New York, carpenter and cough syrup manufacturer Pearle Bixby Wait trademarked a gelatin dessert called Jell-O.…
North was formally incorporated in 1910. It was intended to be a residential town. The papers labeled the city as…
According to the Culpeper Museum Culpeper is a “granddaughter” of Spotsylvania County, from which Orange was formed in 1734, and “great-granddaughter”…
Sip and Sing Supper Club hosted by the Riverside Center is the 2019 Theatre of the year 2019 for central…
It’s not everyday that a girl gets invited to play with the worlds largest wood chipper. Maybe not the world’s…
Don’t forget to be awesome and Don’t let anyone ever dull your sparkle. We ended the evening with a friendly…
What is the mystical and at times magical powers of a sunflower? My research found a couple of avenues to…
An English ship captain was Alexandria’s first official “owner.” Sir William Berkeley, the governor of Virginia in 1669, gifted Robert…
The land that is now Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens originally was purchased by Civil War veteran Walter B. Shaw in the…
Established in 1927, the U.S. National Arboretum consists of 446 acres. One of Washington’s most notable and unusual landmarks is…