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Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue

The Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish, Statue was created in 1912 and commemorates the relationship between the American Indians of Puget Sound and the incoming European-American settlers. Around 1783, a Suquamish named Noah Sealth was born on Blake Island in ...

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Fire Station No. 25

Fire Station No. 25 is a reminder of the fire stations and fire equipment of earlier eras. Built between 1908 and 1909, the station was designed with features necessary for the horse-drawn fire wagons of the early 20th century: room ...

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National Arboretum

Official proposals for the establishment of an arboretum in the Washington area date as far back as the McMillan Commission of 1901. The gradual elimination of the Botanic Gardens on the Mall in the second decade of the 20th century ...

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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

From 1877 to 1895 this was the home of famous abolitionist, writer, lecturer, statesman, and Underground Railroad conductor, Frederick Douglass. Modest in its scale and ornamentation, Cedar Hill demonstrates the characteristics of a romantic cottage in natural surroundings. Frederick Douglass ...

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Union Station

Union Station was crucial to the development of modern Washington. When the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio Railroads announced in 1901 that they planned to build a new terminal, people in the city celebrated for two reasons. The decision meant, ...

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National Archives

The National Archives, occupied in 1935, is the repository of the more valuable and rare documents of this Government as well as a reference library. On display in the Exhibition Hall are the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the ...

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The National Mall

The Mall is located in the area encompassed by Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, NW on the north, First Street on the east, Independence and Maryland Avenues on the south, and 14th Street on the west. The Mall is significant as ...

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Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site and Old Post Office

Pennsylvania Avenue is certainly among the world's most famous streets. While the Avenue serves work-a-day Washington as a major east-west transit route, it is known the world over as the heart of the Nation's Capital. Many Presidential inauguration parades and ...

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Ford's Theater National Historic Site

Ford's Theater was the location of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on the night of April 14, 1865, while the President and Mrs. Lincoln were attending a performance of the play, "Our American Cousin." Actor John Wilkes Booth, in this ...

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Warner Theater

The Warner Theatre and Office Building is the sole surviving movie palace downtown. Opening in 1924, it is a ten-story, stone and terra cotta structure that features a corner tower. It was designed by C. Howard Crane, a noted theater ...

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