Washington, D.C.
across the rose garden to the White House
Designated to serve as the permanent
seat of the federal government beginning in 1800, the District of Columbia was
named for Christopher Columbus. It was created from land ceded by the states of
Virginia and Maryland, and it incorporated the existing seaport towns of
Alexandria, Virginia, and Georgetown, Maryland. The district was originally 259
sq km (100 sq mi), or 10 miles square, as established under the Residence Act of
1790. The central town site was laid out by French architect Pierre Charles
L'Enfant in 1791. The remaining land was an open area stretching north to the
border with Maryland. It was designated as Washington County. In 1846 Congress
returned that portion of the federal district that had originally been ceded by
Virginia.
Lincoln Monument
statue of Lincoln
the house across the street from
Ford's Theatre
where Lincoln died after being fatally wounded
Washington Monument
looking down the mall
The Viet Nam Memorial statues
the Red Cross
Organization of American States
Old Office building
(formerly the State Department)
Arlington Memorial Cemetery
entrance
grave of the unknown soldier
the amphitheatre
the facade
Washington Cathedral
cathedral tower
the transept
the medallion
the interior
Marjorie Merriweather Post
(1887-1973), heir to the Post cereal fortune,
was the founder of Hillwood Museum and Gardens - her former twenty-five acre
estate in Washington, D.C.
The Dacha was built in 1969 and it is an adaptation of a one-room Russian summer home.
