Special to the Washington Examiner
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3-Minute Interview: Roger Connor of the National Air and Space Museum
April Burbank
Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
Connor is a curator of the new Time and Navigation exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The exhibit explores the ways that navigators kept track of time throughout history, from 17th-century sea navigation to air travel and today's global-positioning system. The permanent...
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Rare JFK artifacts on display at Newseum
April Burbank
Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
Visitors to the Newseum will be able to view rarely-seen artifacts from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy starting Friday, including personal items owned by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and the movie camera used to capture the Zapruder film of the shootings. The museum at 555...
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Virginia to start $2 million oyster program for Chesapeake Bay
April Burbank
Published: Thu, Apr 4, 2013
Virginia will rebuild the Chesapeake Bay oyster population with a its biggest-ever replenishment program, a $2 million initiative beginning in May and continuing through the summer. The program will spread 1 million bushels of oyster shells on public oyster grounds, the Virginia Marine...
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3-Minute Interview: Mount Vernon President Curt Viebranz
April Burbank
Published: Thu, Apr 4, 2013
Viebranz is president of George Washington's historic Mount Vernon estate. The estate makes rye whiskey in its reconstructed distillery according to Washington's own whiskey recipe. A limited number of bottles went on sale Thursday for $95 each. Why did George Washington decide to start...
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Civil War battlefields need cleanup help Saturday
April Burbank
Published: Thu, Apr 4, 2013
Civil War buffs can lend a hand to preserve history on Saturday by volunteering with the Civil War Trust's annual Park Day. The organization needs volunteers for its annual effort to clean up Civil War battlefields and other areas of the historic sites. Tasks may range from removing trash to...
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D.C. hoping to flag more support from Congress
April Burbank
Published: Wed, Apr 3, 2013
When Navy Seaman Jonathan Rucker returned home to the District on leave this week, he and his mother met with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton to savor the fact that his bootcamp graduation ceremony had prompted a change to federal law. Norton pushed for all military ceremonies to be...
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3-Minute Interview: Vertical gardening advocate Ben Friton
April Burbank
Published: Tue, Apr 2, 2013
Friton leads gardening seminars in D.C. and around the world through his organization, Can YA Love. The group teaches people how to grow gardens in small spaces, which become a source of income in places like the Kawangware slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Friton is also working on a vertical garden at...
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