As cities go, Washington, sitting squarely between the southern North and the northern South, is a paradox. Its formal and informal halves – government and people, federal and local, global and provincial, rich and poor – are perpetually engaged in a struggle that engenders nearly all of the city’s neverending controversies.
Chosen as the US Capital in 1790 by then-President George Washington (his Mount Vernon estate is just to the south across the Potomac River), its political...
[Washington DC guide]
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Washington, DC guidebook
The essential guide to the ultimate political capital. It takes you deep into the iconic monuments of the Mall and the world-calss roster of museums and galleries, then reaches beyond to the diverse...
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