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The first dig in 44 years within the inner circle changes our view of why—and even when—the monument was built
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In 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and murdered a 14-year-old boy. An outraged nation cried for vengeance, but the famed attorney Clarence Darrow had a trick up his sleeve
Washington's Boyhood Home
Archaeologists have finally pinpointed the Virginia house where our first president came of age
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Archaeologists continue to uncover more about the nation's first president
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