George Washington was the first president to place his hand on a Christian Bible when taking the oath of office.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

When the agreement was completed, Sherman sent it immediately to Washington for approval by the new president, Andrew Johnson.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

It was also the opening film for the Environmental Film Festival in Washington,D.C., which we reported on last month.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

The ceremony was held at the place where a monument to America's first president, George Washington, was being built.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

Susie Kay was a teacher at a mostly African-American high school in Washington when she launched Hoop Dreams in 1996.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

He was afraid Confederate forces in Virginia might try to capture Washington in the first days of the war.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

As he got closer to Washington, he was warned that a mob was planning to attack the train.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

George Washington was a military hero. So was the 7th president, Andrew Jackson, who took office in 1829.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

He was first elected in 1989 to complete the term of Harold Washington, the city's first black mayor, who died in office.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

The first park to charge a visitor fee was Mount Rainier in the northwestern state of Washington in nineteen hundred and eight.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

He says the display was designed to look like a map of the local Washington Metro train system instead of a tree.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

Aniekan Udofia was born in Washington to Nigerian parents who were studying at universities in the city.

VOA: special.2010.03.19

The man who shot James Garfield -- Charles Guiteau -- was tried by a court in Washington.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

We attended one that was taught by a graduate student from George Washington University's Forensic Science Department.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

The Senate confirmed him in May. Formerly,he was the police chief in Seattle,Washington, in the Pacific Northwest.

VOA: special.2010.10.11

And new for two thousand six was a ceremony held on the grounds of the Washington Monument.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

It was not enough. Western officials sent urgent messages to Washington asking for supplies for the Indians.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

A ticket to ride the train from Chicago to Seattle,Washington was fifty-one dollars and fifty cents.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

For him, coming to America to attend George Washington University was the chance of a lifetime.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

David Wasserman from the Cook Political Report in Washington was a guest on VOA's "Encounter" program.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

With Mrs. Roosevelt's help, Anderson was able to sing for an even bigger crowd in Washington.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

In nineteen sixty-eight, Martin Luther King was planning to lead a Poor People's March on Washington.

VOA: special.2011.01.17

The sculpture was influenced by the many large monuments in Washington which honor important heroes.

VOA: special.2009.07.17