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  2. Washington metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    A Dice.com report showed that the WashingtonBaltimore area had the second-highest number of tech jobs listed: 8,289, after the New York metro area with 9,195 jobs. [43] In 2020, the total gross domestic product for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV was $561,027,941,000. [44]

  3. 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses

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    A continued crackdown on April 27 led to approximately 275 arrests at Washington, Northeastern, Arizona State, and Indiana University Bloomington. [105] [106] Several professors were among those detained at Emory University, [107] and at Washington University in St. Louis, university employees were arrested. [105]

  4. Mary Church Terrell - Wikipedia

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    Church began her career in education in 1885, teaching modern languages [13] at Wilberforce University, a historically Black college founded collaboratively by the Methodist Church in Ohio and the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the state. After 2 years of teaching in Ohio, Church moved to Washington, D.C. to accept a position in the ...

  5. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

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    The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Washington D.C. It is the largest Catholic church building in North America [2] and is also the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C. [3] [4] [a] Its construction of Byzantine and Romanesque Revival architecture began on 23 September 1920.

  6. National Zoological Park (United States) - Wikipedia

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    View at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., 1909. The zoo first started as the National Museum's Department of Living Animals in 1886. [12] By an act of Congress on March 2, 1889, [13] [14] [15] for "the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people", the National Zoo was created.

  7. List of college marching bands in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Founded Style Conference Boston College: Boston College Marching Band: Chestnut Hill MA 1919 show band ACC: Clemson: Clemson University Tiger Band: Clemson SC show band ACC: Duke: Duke University Marching Band: Durham NC 1906 show band ACC: Georgia Tech: Yellow Jacket Marching Band: Atlanta GA 1908 show band ACC: Florida State: Marching Chiefs ...

  8. The Pentagon - Wikipedia

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    The Pentagon was designed in accordance with the racial segregation laws in force in the state of Virginia at the time, with separate eating and lavatory accommodations for white and black persons. While the sets of lavatories were side by side, the dining areas for blacks were located in the basement.

  9. George Washington University - Wikipedia

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    The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a private federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress and is the first university founded under Washington, D.C.'s jurisdiction