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How poetic, isn’t it, that the U.S.’s first African-American president should be sworn in before one of D.C.’s largest crowds ever the day after we celebrate another African-American who participated in an iconic national mall event? Yes, today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which we were told is “not a day off, but a [...]

All our friends are ditching us for Washington, D.C. this weekend to go to some fancy-pants, historical inauguration and parade or something (about which mental_floss has some funny features you should keep your eyes peeled for). Well great, fine, that’s okay, we have parades we can go to as well. In fact, the parades we [...]