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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 ...
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named after George Washington, the first president of the United ...
The reservoir is fed by an underground aqueduct in turn fed by low dams which divert portions of the Potomac River near Great Falls and Little Falls. [2] The reservoir is located between Spring Valley and the Palisades , two neighborhoods in Northwest Washington, D.C. , and Brookmont , a neighborhood in Montgomery County, Maryland .
These changes did little to improve the parks and recreation system in the city. Mayor Williams pledged in 1999 to turn the department around, but little had changed a year later. [ 30 ] The department expended its entire $33.3 million operating budget with three months left in the fiscal year, but had barely spent any of its $18 million ...
Old Glory DC RFC is an American professional rugby union team based in the Washington metropolitan area that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). Old Glory was founded in 2018, played some exhibition games in 2019 , and began regular-season MLR play in 2020 .
The D.C. Armory is an armory and a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in the eastern United States, located in Washington, D.C., east of the U.S. Capitol building. Managed by the Washington Convention and Sports Authority, the Armory was constructed [3] and opened in 1941, as the headquarters, [4] armory, and training facility [3] for the District of Columbia National Guard.
The 2-1 decision, delivered Friday by the DC Circuit federal appeals court, establishes how severe the punishments can be for January 6 rioters convicted of low-level charges.
The National Capital Area Council (NCAC) is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America within the Northeast Region that serves the Washington metropolitan area, including Washington, D.C., portions of Maryland and Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. [1] The council offers extensive training, and administrative support to units. [7]