Washington
Capital and capitol
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (d.c.), history
City planning, united states
History - General
History - General History
History: World
City planning
Nonfiction
General
Politics and government
History
Washington, D.C., is home to the most influential power brokers in the world. But how did we come to call D.C.—a place one contemporary observer called a mere swamp "producing nothing except myriads of toads and frogs (of enormous size)," a district that was strategically indefensible, captive to th…
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