It wasn’t until 1833 that a group of citizens including Eliza Hamilton, Dolley Madison, Louisa Adams and others formed the Washington National Monument Society. By 1836, the group had elected a ...
Friday in D.C. almost insisted on recognition as one of winter’s special days, one with an almost-full “snow moon” casting its silver light on a city and an area still covered in spots by snow.
In 1943 when Congress okayed the establishment of The George Washington Carver National Monument, it was a powerful tribute to George Washington Carver as a leading agricultural scientist, educator and humanitarian.