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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.
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Washington, D.C. - Cultural Hub, Museums, Monuments:...
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Washington, D.C. - Museums, Galleries, Art: Washington has a...
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The Capitol Hill neighbourhood, in Southeast D.C., is the...
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Georgetown, section of the city of Washington, D.C., U.S.,...
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Washington, D.C. - Metro, Rail, Bus: Washington developed as...
- Virginia
Although during the American Civil War (1861–65) Richmond...
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Washington, D.C. - Capital, Historic, Diverse: Whether the...
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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.”
4 days ago · The fourth dividing line stretches west from the Capitol along the middle of the Mall to the Potomac River. Washington’s streets are organized in a scheme of broad diagonal avenues overlain on a grid of wide north-south- and east-west-trending streets.
2 days ago · Coordinates: 38°53′23″N 77°00′32″W. The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
1 day ago · The mid-portion of its border with Virginia is interrupted by Washington, D.C., which sits on land that was originally part of Montgomery and Prince George's counties and including Georgetown, Maryland, which was ceded to the United States federal government in 1790 to form the Washington, D.C. Chesapeake Bay nearly bisects the state, and the ...
1 day ago · The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from Philadelphia.
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1 day ago · NATO will mark its 75th anniversary at a summit in Washington, D.C., this month, with a focus on maintaining unity amid changing governments and the ongoing war in Ukraine. (Omar Joseph/U.S. Army)
