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Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington used to be a separate municipality within the District of Columbia until an Act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the District into a single entity.
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DISCOVER WASHINGTON D.C.The architecture of Washington, D.C. varies greatly. Six of the top 10 buildings are located in the District of Columbia, including: the Whit House; the Washington National Cathedral; the Thomas Jefferson Memorial; the United States Capitol; the Lincoln Memorial; and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ... |
CULTURE of WASHINGTON D.C.The National Mall is a large, open park area in the center of the city. Located in the center of the Mall is the Washington Monument. Also located on the mall are the Lincoln Memorial, the National World War II Memorial at the east end of the reflecting pool, the Korean War Veterans Memorial ... |
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JEFFERSON MEMORIALThe Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third president. The neoclassical building was designed by John Russell Pope. When completed, the memorial occupied one of the last significant sites left in the city ... |
LINCOLN MEMORIALThe Lincoln Memorial is a United States Presidential memorial built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The architect was Henry Bacon, the sculptor was Daniel Chester French, and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin ... |
WASHINGTON MONUMENTThe Washington Monument is a large, tall, sand-colored obelisk near the west end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It is a United States Presidential Memorial constructed to commemorate the first U.S. president, George Washington. The monument is the world's tallest obelisk ... |
THE WHITE HOUSEThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the executive residence of every U.S. President ... |
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