Portal:Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. "D.C." stands for the "District of Columbia", the federal district containing the city of Washington. The city is named after George Washington, military leader of the American Revolution and the first President of the United States.
The District of Columbia, founded on July 16, 1790, is a federal district as specified by the United States Constitution. The U.S. Congress has ultimate authority over the District of Columbia, though it has delegated limited local rule to the municipal government. The centers of all three branches of the federal government are in Washington, D.C., as well as the headquarters of most federal agencies and many international organizations.
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Frederick Douglass (February 141, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia," Douglass was among the most prominent African Americans of his time, and one of the most influential lecturers and authors in American history. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, who later became known as Frederick Douglass, was born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland near Hillsboro. He was separated from his mother, Harriet Bailey, when he was still an infant. She died when Douglass was about seven years old. The identity of Douglass' father is obscure; Douglass originally stated that his father was a white man, perhaps his master, Captain Aaron Anthony, but later said that he knew nothing of his father's identity. When Anthony died, Douglass was given to Mrs. Lucretia Auld, wife of Captain Thomas Auld; the young man was sent to Baltimore to serve the Captain's brother, Hugh Auld. When Douglass was about twelve, Hugh Auld's wife, Sophia, broke the law by teaching Douglass some letters of the alphabet. Thereafter, as detailed in his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (published in 1845), Douglass succeeded in learning to read from white children in the neighborhood in which he lived, and by observation of writings of the men with whom he worked. Douglass later referred to the lessons he received from Sophia Auld in his first abolitionist speech. (more...) Template:/box-footer
 The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a large political rally that took place on August 28, 1963. It was organized principally by A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin and Martin Luther King Jr. During this March, King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Between 200,000 and 500,000 people were in attendance. (read more...) Photo credit: Warren K. Leffler; Source: Library of Congress |
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Buildings and structures
- Categories: Bridges · Congressional office buildings · Diplomatic missions · Hotels · Libraries · Memorials and monuments · Museums · Sports venues
- Monuments and memorials: African American Civil War Memorial · District of Columbia War Memorial · Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial · George Mason Memorial · James A. Garfield Monument · Jefferson Memorial · John Ericsson National Memorial · John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Korean War Veterans Memorial · National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Lincoln Memorial · Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac · Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial · National World War II Memorial · Navy-Marine Memorial · Peace Monument · President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument · Robert A. Taft Memorial · Theodore Roosevelt Island · Ulysses S. Grant Memorial · United States Navy Memorial · Vietnam Veterans Memorial · Vietnam Women's Memorial · Washington Monument
- Museums: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery · Corcoran Gallery of Art · Dumbarton Oaks · Folger Shakespeare Library · Freer Gallery of Art · Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden · International Spy Museum · National Building Museum · National Children's Museum · National Gallery of Art · National Museum of the American Indian · National Museum of American History · National Air and Space Museum · National Museum of Natural History · National Portrait Gallery · Newseum · Phillips Collection · Renwick Gallery · Smithsonian American Art Museum · Smithsonian Institution · United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Miscellaneous: Ford's Theatre · Frederick Douglass National Historic Site · J. Edgar Hoover Building (FBI) · Library of Congress (James Madison Memorial Building, Thomas Jefferson Building) · Ronald Reagan Building · National Archives and Records Administration · Union Station · United States Capitol Building · United States Naval Observatory · United States Supreme Court building · White House · more buildings and structures
Education
- Universities and colleges: American University · The Catholic University of America · Gallaudet University ·George Washington University · Georgetown University · Howard University · University of the District of Columbia ·
- Secondary Schools: Ballou High School · Duke Ellington School of the Arts · Edmund Burke School · Emerson Preparatory School · Wilson High School
Geography
- Anacostia Park · Anacostia River · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal · East Potomac Park · Hains Point · Meridian Hill Park · National Mall · National Zoological Park · Potomac River · Rock Creek (Potomac River) · Theodore Roosevelt Island · West Potomac Park
Neighborhoods
- Northwest: Adams Morgan · Chevy Chase · Chinatown · Cleveland Park · Columbia Heights · Dupont Circle · Foggy Bottom · Georgetown · Glover Park · Kalorama · Le Droit Park · Logan Circle · Mount Pleasant · Penn Quarter · Shaw · Shepherd Park · Spring Valley · Takoma · Tenleytown · U Street Corridor · Wakefield
- Northeast: Brookland · Eckington · Trinidad
- Southeast: Anacostia · Capitol Hill
- Southwest:
Government
- Council of the District of Columbia · District of Columbia voting rights · Marion Barry · Robert Brent · Sharon Pratt Kelly · Advisory Neighborhood Commission · Metropolitan Police Department · District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services · National Capital Planning Commission · Walter Nathan Tobriner · Walter Washington · Anthony Williams
History
- History of Washington, D.C.
- 1700s: Residence Act · Pierre Charles L'Enfant · Étienne Sulpice Hallet · Andrew Ellicott
- 1800s: Benjamin Latrobe · Burning of Washington · Battle of Fort Stevens · Fort Stevens · Megatherium Club · Know-Nothing Riot · Washington Star · Olympics Grounds · Swampoodle Grounds · Athletic Park · Coxey's Army · Washington streetcars
- 1900s: Riggs Bank · Northern Virginia trolleys · American League Park · Potomac Yard · Griffith Stadium · Harry Wardman · Hechinger · Knickerbocker Storm · Hoover Field · Bonus Army · Bolling v. Sharpe · U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1954) · Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution · March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom · 1968 Washington, D.C. riots · 1971 May Day Protests · US Airways Arena · District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment · Air Florida Flight 90 · Norman Mayer · D.C. statehood movement · Washington, D.C. riot of 1991 · Million Man March · U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1998)
- 2000s: Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. tornado outbreak of 2001 · Beltway sniper attacks · Dwight Watson · March for Women's Lives · Million Worker March · January 20, 2005 counter-inaugural protest · September 24, 2005 anti-war protest
- Miscellaneous: Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Media
- Newspapers: Roll Call · The Washington Post · Washington Star · The Washington Times · Other newspapers
- Radio: National Public Radio · XM Radio · Radio stations
- Television: C-SPAN · Television stations
Sports
Transportation
- Categories: Airports · Bridges · Interstate highways · Railroads · Streets · U.S. Highways · Washington Metro
- United States Capitol Subway System · Washington streetcars
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