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A Win in Philadelphia for America’s Founders
Opinion

A Win in Philadelphia for America’s Founders

  • Jeffrey H. Anderson | RealClearWire

On July 15, the National Park Service hung new interpretive signs at the President’s House Site in Independence Park, where George Washington lived as president while Philadelphia was the nation’s capital. This is a major development in the battle between those who want to portray America’s history in a traditional manner and woke activists who depict our history as one of oppressors versus the oppressed, recasting most American heroes as oppressors.

Washington D.C. Rings in 250 Years Beneath 250 New Cherry Trees
Travel

Washington D.C. Rings in 250 Years Beneath 250 New Cherry Trees

  • Karee Blunt

In 1912, Japan sent Washington D.C. 3,000 cherry trees as a gift. Two years ago, it sent 250 more, one for every year of the American experiment. Those trees are in the ground now as part of a long-overdue Tidal Basin renovation that also brought wider walkways and a repaired seawall. They will bloom for the first time this month.