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Here's a handful of neat federal websites we've stumbled over recently. Let me know if you've got some suggestions!
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While "strolling" through the world-renowned
National Zoo, view live "web cam" images or welcome the baby panda born July 9, 2005.
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Bill Delahunt is the first Quincy native elected to Congress since John Quincy Adams, who was featured in the movie
Amistad. That's one reason I've pressed for a new Adams Memorial
in Washington. To read portions of Adams' hand-written legal brief
from the 1841 Supreme Court case click on his portrait.
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Check out the progress of the Space Shuttle Discovery
and NASA's
return to flight -- from lift-off to landing with
mission updates in between.
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It took over 100 years, not to mention
40 congressional proposals, to make the
Star Spangled Banner
our national anthem. Now nobody remembers the tune started out
as an old drinking song!
Since it was created in 1776, the two
dollar bill has enjoyed a rich tradition -- although there are some who
still prefer the $100 (or $1000) bill. For fun facts on US currency
throughout our history, visit the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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Spending much of the 1930's on Cape
Cod, Edward Hopper quietly created rich realist images that capture the beauty
of the region. Click here for an
online exhibition
of many of his rarely seen works, now on display at the Smithsonian's
National Museum of American Art. |
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Celebrate Jackie Robinson's breaking
Major League Baseball's color-barrier by visiting this
Library of Congress "virtual exhibit."
It's chock full of details about Robinson's remarkable story, and
the history of baseball in general. |
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Healthfinder
is a federal gateway to online publications, databases, self-help
groups, public agencies and non-profits, with practical consumer health
-- including on anthrax and biothreats. |
The National Archives
American Originals
exhibit presents compelling documents from US history -- from
a casualty list of the 54th MA Infantry Regiment that reveals the sacrifices
of the celebrated African-American Civil War regiment, to US memoranda reporting
the sinking of the Titanic.
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After a four-year renovation,
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