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Discussion published by Matthew Gilmore on Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Carol Eaton Soltis, Philadelphia Museum of Art, discuss & signs book Art of the Peales in the Philadelphia Museum of Art June 22, 2018

June 22, 2018 ~ Society of the Cincinnati to Present Book Talk About the Peale Family as Shown in Art

PUBLISHED: JUNE 19TH, 2018

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Fri., June 22 (6pm): Carol Eaton Soltis, project associate curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will discuss and signs copies of her book on the artwork of the Peale family in 18th- and 19th-century America.

The Art of the Peales in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Discussion published by Matthew Gilmore on Monday, June 18, 2018

Update on the District of Columbia’s Archives and Public Records Office - Spring 2018

Update on the District of Columbia’s Archives and Public Records Office -Spring 2018

https://matthewbgilmore.wordpress.com/2018/06/18/update-on-the-district-of-columbias-archives-and-public-records-office-spring-2018/

Progress continues at the DC Archives and Public Records Office on a number of fronts.

 

Discussion published by Matthew Gilmore on Thursday, June 14, 2018

Talk: The Third Degree The Triple Murder that Shook Washington and Changed American Criminal Justice -June 17, 2018

Sunday, June 17, 2018
2:00 p.m.

  

Chinatown Talk Story Event

Hosted by the 1882 Foundation with the Chinese-American Citizens' Alliance, the OCA Greater Washington, DC Chapter and the Chinatown Service Center.

600 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20001 (Entrance on I Street under the blue P parking sign between 6th and 7th Streets. Take the elevator to the Conferencing Center on the C Level). Admission: Free

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