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21 hours ago · History 20th century George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States and the university's namesake. In 1949, the University of Virginia created an extension center to serve mid-career working professionals and non-traditional students near urban centers in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. The extension center offered both for credit and non-credit informal classes in the evenings at various pre-existing venues.
21 hours ago · Geography Map of the boundary stones. The District of Columbia (initially, the Territory of Columbia) was originally specified to be a square 100 square miles (260 km 2) in area, with the axes between the corners of the square running north-south and east-west, The square had its southern corner at the southern tip of Jones Point in Alexandria, Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac River and Hunting Creek (later the site of the Jones Point Lighthouse).
21 hours ago · An extension from Roanoke to Christiansburg, Virginia, near Virginia Tech, is in planning, as is an infill station in Bedford, Virginia. [25] On July 20, 2010, Amtrak added an additional Northeast Regional frequency from Washington to Richmond Staples Mill Road station , increasing the Washington-Richmond corridor to eight daily round trips with hourly northbound morning service. [26]
21 hours ago · Peoplemag. Retrieved 5 July 2024. ^ Lee, Jeremy (21 June 2024). "Woman in Indonesia dies after falling out of window from treadmill, gym under investigation". Must Share News. Retrieved 24 June 2024. A young woman has died in a freak accident during her workout at a gym in Indonesia. ^ Supharta, Keyla (21 June 2024).
21 hours ago · Baton Rouge (/ ˌ b æ t ən ˈ r uː ʒ / ⓘ BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana.Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it had a population of 227,470 as of 2020; it is the seat of Louisiana's most populous parish (county-equivalent), East Baton Rouge Parish, and the center of Louisiana's second-largest metropolitan area and city, Greater Baton Rouge.
