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Over the centuries, the pretty little town of Winchester, Va., has seen more than its share of bloodshed. In the 18th century, George Washington set up his headquarters there during the French and Indian War. In the 19th century, the town reputedly changed hands more than 70 times in the course of the Civil War and served alternately as headquarters for both Confederate General Stonewall Jackson and Union General Philip Sheridan...
After evening performances, night owls can hit the hot-spot nightclubs and casinos. Throughout the day, they can prowl the 18th and Vine historic district and learn about jazz greats Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong at the Kansas City Jazz Museum, or drop by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum for another remarkable--and tumultuous--history lesson. --By Janet Kang...
Javier Francisco Ovando is famous today, but back in 1996 no one much cared when cops stormed his apartment near downtown Los Angeles and shot him in the chest and head. Ovando belonged to the 18th Street Gang, a group of powerful Mexican drug lords. At trial, the judge lectured the skinny 19-year-old--who lay paralyzed on a gurney--for threatening the lives of two brave cops, and sent him away for 23 years...
When he wanted a design for the 21st century, James Stewart Polshek, architect of the Rose Center, went to the 18th. His solid sphere set in a mostly glass cube has its origins in one of the abiding fantasies of the architectural world: the unbuilt ball that French neoclassical visionary Etienne-Louis Boullee conceived in 1784 as a memorial to Sir Isaac Newton. Boullee knew a simple sphere would state with full authority the grandeur of the cosmos. Polshek knew...
...outlined the history of Richard Allen, the founder and first bishop of the AME church who bought himself out of slavery in the 18th century and fought against religious segregation...