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In 2005, after years of planning between Federal Realty Investment Trust and Arlington County, construction began on an expansion of The Village at Shirlington, which added 650 apartment and condominium units, doubled the length of the main street, more retail space including a Harris Teeter grocery store, a branch library, and a new home for ...
Francis Terry McNamara was born in Troy, New York, November 2, 1927 to John F. McNamara, Sr. and Ellin F. Fennelly.Always fascinated by things nautical, he found a summer job in 1944 as a deckhand working on the last coal-burning tugboat on the Hudson River and Erie Canal (New York State Barge Canal).
The Little Gay Pub is a gay bar in Washington, D.C., established in 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In February 2024, during Britain's LGBT Pride Month , the British ambassador to the United States Karen Pierce led a ceremony dedicating a mural on the side of the pub which was sponsored by the British government.
Joseph Patrick McNamara is an American politician. He represents the Virginia's 40th district, which includes the City of Salem, Craig County, and parts of Roanoke and Montgomery Counties. [2] He was sworn in on November 26, 2018, after Greg Habeeb announced he would resign. [3]
Project 100,000, also known as McNamara's 100,000, McNamara's Folly, McNamara's Morons, and McNamara's Misfits, [1] [2] was a controversial 1960s program by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to recruit soldiers who would previously have been below military mental or medical standards.
Bishop McNamara High School (BMHS, McNamara, or Mac) is a private, Catholic coed high school in Forestville CDP in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The school is in the Holy Cross tradition offering a college preparatory curriculum and a range of Fine Arts, athletics and activities.
The Ball–Sellers House, also named the John Ball House, is the oldest building in Arlington County, Virginia. It is an historic home located at 5620 Third Street, South, in the county's Glencarlyn neighborhood. The Arlington Historical Society, which owns the building, estimates that the one room log cabin was built in the 1740s. [3]
Arlington National Cemetery was established in 1864. Due to the growing importance of the cemetery as well as the much larger crowds attending Memorial Day observances, Brigadier General Montgomery C. Meigs (who was Quartermaster General of the United States Army) decided a formal meeting space at the cemetery was needed. [1]