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Webster University. / 38.5892; -90.3457. Webster University is a private university with its main campus in Webster Groves, Missouri. It has multiple branch locations across the United States and countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa. [8] In 2023, Webster enrolled 13,448 students. [9]
Belvoir, Virginia. / 38.65750°N 77.71694°W / 38.65750; -77.71694. Belvoir is a small, unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia. It is situated between the towns of Marshall and The Plains. It is off US Route 17, at the crossroads of the John Marshall Highway (State Route 55), Zulla Road (State Route 709), and Belvoir Road ...
Belvoir (plantation) / 38.6792000°N 77.1293000°W / 38.6792000; -77.1293000. Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia 's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people, [3] [4] it was located on the west bank of the Potomac River on the present site of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax ...
The National Museum of the United States Army is the official museum for the history of the United States Army and is just outside Washington, D.C. It opened on November 11, 2020. [1] The objectives of the museum are to honor America's soldiers, preserve Army history, and educate the public about the Army's role in American history.
Fort Belvoir. / 38.719737°N 77.154582°W / 38.719737; -77.154582. Fort Belvoir ( / ˈbɛlvwɑːr / BEL-vwar) is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It was developed on the site of the former Belvoir plantation, seat of the prominent Fairfax family for whom ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Virginia provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Virginia, where 3 public libraries were built from 2 grants (totaling $78,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1914. In addition, academic libraries were built at 4 institutions (totaling $175,000).
After the City of Richmond's finance committee rejected the first Carnegie offer in 1901, Carnegie offered to donate $100,000 to the city of Richmond, Virginia, for a public library. The city council had to furnish a site for the building and guarantee that $10,000 in municipal funds would be budgeted for the library each year.
The oldest public library in St. Louis County, Missouri, Webster Groves Public Library originated in a small reading room opened by First Congregational Church in 1884. When the Church built a new sanctuary in 1893 it included a library and reading room that was open to the public. Eventually Church leadership decided that the reading room was ...