The Smithsonian Institution (/ s m ɪ θ ˈ s oʊ n i ə n / smith-SOH-nee-ən), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. Government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not …

The Islamic Center of Washington is a mosque and Islamic cultural center in Washington, D.C. It is located on Embassy Row on Massachusetts Avenue just east of the bridge over Rock Creek.When it opened in 1957, it was the largest mosque in the Western Hemisphere.

The World War II Memorial is a memorial of national significance dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II.. Consisting of 56 pillars, representing U.S. states and territories, and a pair of small triumphal arches for the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, surrounding an oval plaza and fountain, it sits on the National Mall in …

This is a list of public artworks in Philadelphia.The Association for Public Art estimates the city has thousands of public artworks; the Smithsonian lists more than 700. Since 1959 nearly 400 works of public art have been created as part of the city's Percent for Art program, the first such program in the U.S.. This list contains only works of public art in outdoor public spaces, and …

Nicholas Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.He was a Republican.. A lawyer by training, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he initiated the successful Longworth Act of 1902, regulating the issuance of municipal bonds.As congressman for Ohio's 1st congressional …

Frederick Dent Grant (May 30, 1850 – April 12, 1912) was a soldier and United States minister to Austria-Hungary. Grant was the first son of General and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant. He was named after his uncle, Frederick Dent Early life. His ...

Villanova University is a private Catholic research higher education institution run by the Order of Saint Augustine in Villanova, Pennsylvania.It was founded by the Augustinians in 1842 and named after Saint Thomas of Villanova.The university is the oldest Catholic university in Pennsylvania and one of two Augustinian institutions in the United States (The other being Merrimack College).

History Beaver Female Seminary. The school was founded in Beaver, Pennsylvania, in 1853 as Beaver Female Seminary.. Beaver College. By 1872, it had attained collegiate status, under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was named Beaver College.The school admitted men from 1872 to 1907, then limited enrollment to women until 1972.

1801: Frederick Muhlenberg, erster Sprecher des Repräsentantenhauses der Vereinigten Staaten; 1804: Johann Friedrich Ackermann, deutscher Mediziner und Hochschullehrer; 1809: Nicolai Abildgaard, dänischer Maler, Bildhauer und Architekt der Neoklassik; 1810: William Windham, britischer Politiker

A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant, though in a full-length one the body will take up more space.The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person.For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a ...

The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from several British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution era, who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen colonies that ultimately became the United States of America.The term mostly refers to the First Continental Congress of 1774 and the Second Continental Congress …