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18 April 1989 [4] The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. As a symbol of the U.S. military, the phrase The Pentagon is often used as a metonym ...
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. [13] The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. Washington, D.C., was named for George Washington, a Founding Father ...
The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial that honors the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.An example of neoclassicism, it is in the form of a classical temple and is located at the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Henry Bacon is the memorial's architect and Daniel Chester French designed the large interior statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln (1920 ...
The concept of the Tidal Basin originated in the 1870s to serve both as a visual centerpiece and as a means for flushing the Washington Channel, a harbor separated from the Potomac River by landfills where East Potomac Park is now situated.
Potomac Consolidated TRACON. Potomac TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach CONtrol), abbreviated PCT, is the FAA air traffic control facility in charge of the Washington, D.C. airspace and Washington Special Flight Rules Area, assigning squawk codes. It is based in Warrenton, Virginia, United States.
The name Potomac Banks: Explore Fairfax South, references the area's location along the banks of the Potomac River. The branding is a collaboration between the county and Visit Fairfax, the county ...
Parent. Exelon. ASN. 17347. Website. pepco .com. The Potomac Electric Power Company ( PEPCO) is an American utility company that supplies electric power to the city of Washington, D.C., and to surrounding communities in Maryland. It is owned by Exelon . The company's current trademarked slogan is "Your life.
A majority of readers oppose relocating the Washington Capitals and Wizards arena from D.C. to Alexandria. Readers on both sides shared different reasons for their stances.
Foggy Bottom. Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, located in the city's northwest quadrant. It stretches west of the White House towards the Potomac River, north of the National Mall, east of Georgetown, south of the West End neighborhood and west of Downtown D.C. The neighborhood is best known for hosting the ...
Mark Hand, Patch Staff. Posted Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 9:28 am ET. Head of School John Kowalik (center) with Potomac’s 2022 Bill Cook Excellent Teaching Award recipients, Nick Hanson and Shefali ...