23 August 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
Reading Time: 6 minutes
George Peabody Library at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University © Matthew Petroff/cc-by-sa-3.0
Baltimore is the largest city in the state of
Maryland within the
United States. Baltimore was established by the
Constitution of Maryland as an
independent city in 1729. With a population of 602,495 in 2018, Baltimore is the largest such independent city in the United States. As of 2017, the population of the
Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be just under 2.802 million, making it the
21st largest metropolitan area in the country. Baltimore is located about 40 miles (60 km) northeast of
Washington, D.C., making it a principal city in the
Washington-Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA), the fourth-largest CSA in the nation, with a calculated 2018 population of 9,797,063.
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27 September 2017 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: Portrait
Reading Time: 14 minutes
Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart
George Washington was an
American politician and soldier who served as the
first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the
Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as
Commander-in-Chief of the
Continental Army during the
American Revolutionary War, and later presided over the
1787 convention that drafted the
United States Constitution. He is popularly considered the driving force behind the nation’s establishment and came to be known as the “
father of the country,” both during his lifetime and to this day.
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3 November 2012 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
Reading Time: 9 minutes
Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens seen from the Potomac river © flickr.com – Personnel of the NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON
Mount Vernon, located near
Alexandria,
Fairfax County,
Virginia, was the plantation home of the first
President of the United States,
George Washington (* February 22, 1732 on
Pope’s Creek Estate near present-day
Colonial Beach in
Westmoreland County, Virginia. ; † December 14, 1799 on Mount Vernon Estate). The mansion is built of wood in
neoclassical Georgian architectural style, and the estate is located on the banks of the
Potomac River. The property consists of 500 acres (2.0 km2), with the main buildings, including the house, located near the riverfront. Mount Vernon was designated a
National Historic Landmark in 1960 and is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. It is owned and maintained in trust by
The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association and is open every day of the year.
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