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George Washington’s Inaugural Coat on Display at Mount Vernon

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European royalty, will be on display at Mount Vernon.

By Alexander Nazaryan

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Is Ice the Ultimate Luxury?

Americans, in particular, tend to think of frozen water as essential. But this seemingly ubiquitous commodity is no longer something we can take for granted.

By Ligaya Mishan and Esther Choi

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George Washington University Is Moving on From ‘Colonials’

The move comes amid a reckoning of the fraught history of team names across American sports. Potential new names include: “Ambassadors,” “Blue Fog,” “Revolutionaries” and “Sentinels.”

By April Rubin