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4 days ago · Washington, D.C. - Capital, Founding, Monumental: Washington was established as the capital of the United States as the result of a compromise following seven years of negotiation by members of the U.S. Congress as they tried to define the concept of a “federal enclave.”
2 days ago · The boundary markers of the original District of Columbia are the 40 milestones that marked the four lines forming the boundaries between the states of Maryland and Virginia and the square of 100 square miles (259 km 2) of federal territory that became the District of Columbia in 1801 (see: Founding of the District of Columbia ).
4 days ago · Washington, D.C., capital of the United States, coextensive with the District of Columbia, located on the northern shore of the Potomac River. Often referred to simply as D.C., the city is an international metropolis, a picturesque tourist destination, and an unmatched treasury of the country’s history and artifacts.
3 days ago · Battle of Fort Necessity, one of the earliest skirmishes of the French and Indian War, the North American theater of the global Seven Years’ War, and the only battle George Washington ever surrendered. The fight occurred on July 3, 1754, near the site of an earlier skirmish that precipitated it.
2 days ago · George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
5 days ago · King George VI and Queen Elizabeth made history when they arrived in Washington D.C. as guests of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in June of that year.
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16 hours ago · The College of William & Mary in Virginia ( abbreviated as W&M [6] ), is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and the ninth-oldest in the English-speaking world. [7]
