The Washington Post (march) (3071 bytes)
1: [[image:Washington_Post2.jpg|right|]]
2: ... then, it has remained as one of his most popular marches throughout the [[United States]] and many count...
6: ...he ''Washington Post'' building for his contribution to the newspaper and his country.
8: == Composition ==
10: This recognizable march is written in standard form: IAABBCCDCDC. Written...

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1394 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|250px|Demonstrator at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]]
3: ...stin]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] During this March, King delivered his famous "[[I Have a Dream]]" s...
5: ...[Malcolm X]], who termed it the "farce on Washington".
7: ...racial [[segregation]] in the armed forces. This march was cancelled after President [[Franklin Delano R...
13: ...ory:U.S. civil rights history]][[Category:Washington, DC history]]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (Washington Metro) (2860 bytes)
1: ...shington Metro)|Blue]] and [[Yellow Line (Washington Metro)|Yellow Line]]s.
3: ... and from Terminal A. The fare plaza is directly connected by pedestrian walkways to Level 2 (gate lev...
5: ...ries resulted, but the accident delayed construction by a number of weeks.
7: ...Congress ultimately voted to require the renaming on [[November 30]].
10: ...ions/station.cfm?station=93 Reagan Washington National Airport]

Washington Park, Seattle, Washington (834 bytes)
1: ...orth by the private [[Broadmoor, Seattle, Washington|Broadmoor]] community and golf club.
3: ...(northeast- and southwest-bound) and Lake Washington Boulevard E. (northwest- and southeast-bound).

March 31 (9508 bytes)
1: '''March 31''' is the [[90 (number)|90]]th day of the year...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
6: ... his wife [[Minerva]], [[Constantine I the Great|Constantine]] marries Fausta, the daughter of the ret...
7: ... of [[Boston, Massachusetts]] closed in the [[Boston Port Act]].
15: ...es (later [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]) is established to set rules for amateur [[spor...

March 18 (13876 bytes)
1: '''March 18''' is the 77th day of the year in the [[Gregor...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
9: ...]] - [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quak...
10: ...Act]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
12: ... - [[American Civil War]]: The Congress of the [[Confederate States of America]] adjourns for the last...

March 5 (13980 bytes)
1: '''March 5''' is the 64th day of the year in the [[Gregori...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
7: *[[1766]] - [[Antonio de Ulloa]], the first Spanish governor of [[Lou...
8: ...vent that would help start the [[American Revolutionary War]] five years later.
9: ...dent of the Board of Trade]] in its second iteration.

March 17 (8131 bytes)
1: '''March 17''' is the 76th day of the year in the [[Gregor...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
7: ...ette]] and [[Louis Jolliet]] begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
9: ... [[Boston, Massachusetts]] after [[George Washington]] places [[artillery]] overlooking the city.
12: *[[1886]] - [[Carrollton Massacre]]: 20 [[African American]]s are killed i...

March 12 (8304 bytes)
1: '''March 12''' is the 71st day of the year in the [[Gregor...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
5: *[[515 BC]] - Construction is completed on the [[Temple in Jerusalem]].
6: *[[1664]] - [[New Jersey]] becomes a colony of [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]].
11: ...ish]] opposition, to protest the British monopoly on [[salt]].

March 22 (7719 bytes)
1: '''March 22''' is the [[81 (number)|81]]st day of the year...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
5: * [[238]] - [[Gordian I]] and his son [[Gordian II]] are proclaimed [[Roman emperors]]
6: *[[1621]] - The [[Pilgrims]] of [[Plymouth Colony]] sign a peace treaty with [[Massasoit]] of the ...
7: ...amestown, Virginia]] (1/3 of the colony's population)

March 13 (7942 bytes)
1: '''March 13''' is the 72nd day of the year in the [[Gregor...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
6: ...]] are interred in the Church of the Apostles, [[Constantinople]].
10: *[[1865]] - [[American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America]] reluctantly agrees to...
11: ...mb is thrown at him. (Gregorian date: it was [[1 March]] in the Julian calendar then in use in Russia.)

March 10 (7083 bytes)
1: '''March 10''' is the 69th day of the year in the [[Gregor...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
7: ...s [[evrybody sucks]] for [[Spain]], ending his second visit to the [[Western Hemisphere]].
9: ...ouis, Missouri|St. Louis]], a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of [[Louisiana]] Terr...
10: ...on I of France]] is defeated at the [[Battle of Laon]] in [[France]].

March 24 (7604 bytes)
1: '''March 24''' is the [[83 (number)|83]]rd day of the year...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
7: ...]] that requires the [[13 colonies|13 American colonies]] to house British troops.
8: ...]] a group of men beat, [[tar and feather]] [[Mormon]] leader [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]].
11: ... announces the discovery of the [[bacterium]] responsible for [[tuberculosis]] ([[mycobacterium tuberc...

March 29 (8972 bytes)
1: '''March 29''' is the [[88 (number)|88]]th day of the year...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
6: ...[[1461]] - [[Wars of the Roses]]: [[Battle of Towton]] - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to beco...
7: *[[1638]] - [[Sweden|Swedish]] colonists establish first settlement in [[Delaware]], c...
10: ...1806]] - Construction authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the [[Cumberland Road]], ...

March 23 (8300 bytes)
1: '''March 23''' is the [[82 (number)|82]]nd day of the year...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
7: ...[[Charles IX of France]] make substantial concessions to the [[Huguenots]].
9: *[[1775]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Henry]] delivers his famous s...
12: ...]]" as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" (''[[Boston Morning Post]]'').

March 20 (8836 bytes)
1: '''March 20''' is the 79th day of the year in the [[Gregor...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
8: ... the city stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]].
9: ... The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
10: *[[1815]] - [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] w...

March 19 (8799 bytes)
1: '''March 19''' is the 78th day of the year in the [[Gregor...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
6: ...]] victory in the [[Battle of Yamen]] ends the [[Song Dynasty]] in [[China]].
10: ...begins. By the end of the battle on the 21st the Confederate forces had retreated from [[Greenville, N...
15: ...[1916]] - First [[United States]] air combat mission in history as eight American planes take off in p...

March 21 (7804 bytes)
1: '''March 21''' is the [[80 (number)|80]]th day of the year...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
8: *[[1804]] - [[Napoleonic code|Code Napoléon]] adopted as [[France|French]] civil law.
10: ... [[World War I]]: [[Battle of the Somme (1918)|Second Battle of the Somme]] begins
11: ...ergh]] is presented the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic...

March 26 (7137 bytes)
1: '''March 26''' is the [[85 (number)|85]]th day of the year...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
5: ...ohn XIX]] crowns [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]].
8: ...on]] becomes law, making [[England]] and Scotland one country.
9: ...[Charles IV of Spain]] abdicates in favor of his son, [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]].

March 27 (18900 bytes)
1: '''March 27''' is the [[86 (number)|86]]th day of the year...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
7: ... (not [[1512]] as often cited) - Explorer [[Juan Ponce de León]] sights [[North America]] (specificall...
9: *[[1782]] - [[Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham]] becomes [...
12: ...nited States]] forces under General [[Andrew Jackson]] defeat the [[Creek (people)|Creek]] at the [[Ba...

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