The African American Civil War Memorial, dedicated under the leadership of Dr. Frank Smith Jr. and Colin Powell, serves as tribute to the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The wall lists the names of 209,145 USCT who fought for freedom during the American Civil War. The memorial is located at the corner of Vermont Avenue, 10th St and U St NW.
November 3, 1990, a difficult night for UVA football fans. Georgia Tech won by a score of 41–38 over top-ranked Virginia. Jackson’s son Yusef was on the UVA team.
Moon photographed from the Harlow house driveway 250314I asked Grok to “generate an image of the entire sphere of the earth, western hemisphere, as seen from space in the penumbra of the earth’s shadow so that all one can see of the earth is its backlit glowing atmosphere. The atmosphere filters out the short wavelengths of the sun’s visible spectrum, the atmosphere of the earth should be a primarily reddish hue.” Grok tried.
Until the 2003 completion of the Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick, Georgia, the Dames Point Bridge was the only bridge in the United States to feature the harp stay arrangement. It remains one of the largest cable-stayed bridges in the United States, with 21 miles of cable.
