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  2. National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.

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    Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC: SE, NE, Upper NW, and Central. Capitol Hill Historic District: SE, NE, and Central. Dumbarton Bridge: Upper NW and Western NW. East Corner Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia: SE and NE. Massachusetts Avenue Historic District: Upper NW and Western NW. Mount Vernon Square Historic District ...

  3. List of museums in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    National Pinball Museum [ 17 ] Newseum, founded 1997 in Rosslyn, Virginia, moved to Washington in 2008, closed December 2019 and is currently seeking new location. [ 18 ] Washington Doll's House and Toy Museum, founded in 1975, closed 2004. [ 19 ][ 20 ] Washington Gallery of Modern Art.

  4. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Delivering the "I Have a Dream" speech at the 1963 Washington, D.C. Civil Rights March. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement, was an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, and advocated for using nonviolent resistance, inspired by ...

  5. Washington Monument - Wikipedia

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    Washington Monument (the United States) The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, victorious commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783 in the American Revolutionary War, and the first President of the United ...

  6. List of tallest buildings in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Washington Monument: 555 (169) 3 1884 Tallest concrete structure in the District. Was the tallest structure in the world from 1884 until 1889, and the tallest monument in the U.S. until the completion of San Jacinto in 1939. [17] [18] Washington Police Department Tower [19] 506 (154) 0 WETA-FM [20] 495 (151) 0 2014 WAVA-FM Tower [21] 457 (139) 0

  7. National Mall - Wikipedia

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    December 8, 2016. The National Mall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. It contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institution, art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues.

  8. Lincoln Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial that honors the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.An example of neoclassicism, it is in the form of a classical temple and is located at the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Henry Bacon is the memorial's architect and Daniel Chester French designed the large interior statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln (1920 ...

  9. Architecture of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Three iconic, classically inspired American landmarks on the National Mall illuminated at night: the Lincoln Memorial (forefront), the Washington Monument, and the United States Capitol (background) Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, [1] has a unique and diverse architectural history. Encompassing government, monumental ...

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