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On Christmas Eve 1923, President Calvin Coolidge started an unbroken tradition by lighting the first "National Christmas Tree." The first tree, a cut balsam fir, was placed on the Ellipse by the District of Columbia Public Schools. From 1924 to 1953, live trees in various locations around and on the White House grounds were lit on Christmas Eve.
Formed in 1967 as an interstate compact between Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, the WMATA is a tri-jurisdictional government agency with a board composed of representatives from Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the United States Federal government that operates transit services in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Patterson Park Observatory lit up during Christmas The 60-foot (18 m) Observatory, previously known as the Pagoda, was designed in 1890 and completed in 1892 by Charles H. Latrobe , who was the general superintendent and engineer under the Park Commission, [ 25 ] [ 26 ] led along with architect George A. Frederick , who also designed Baltimore ...
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West Virginia 1969 White Pine 40 feet (12 m) Westminster, Maryland: Maryland 1968 White Pine 30 feet (9.1 m) Finksburg, Maryland: Maryland Made from two different trees [1] 1967 Douglas Fir 24 feet (7.3 m) Birdsboro, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania In 1963, John W. McCormack suggested that a Christmas Tree should be placed on the grounds. A live ...
Map of the boundary stones. The District of Columbia (initially, the Territory of Columbia) was originally specified to be a square 100 square miles (260 km 2) in area, with the axes between the corners of the square running north-south and east-west, The square had its southern corner at the southern tip of Jones Point in Alexandria, Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac River and ...
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