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    The boundary markers of the original District of Columbia are the 40 milestones that marked the four lines forming the boundaries between the states of...
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    change in a boundary, especially a change in direction of a boundary. There are several other types of named border markers, known as boundary trees, pillars...
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    surviving stone markers are in Maryland, 12 in Virginia. (See Boundary Markers of the original District of Columbia.) Washington decided that the capital's...
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    present site of the Northeast No. 2 boundary markers of the original District of Columbia. The seven Garden Club of America Entrance Markers, beginning at...
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    the original boundary of the District of Columbia (see: Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia and History of Washington, D.C.) The stone...
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    in the National Register as part of the Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia Multiple Property Submission: Southwest # 2 Boundary Marker...
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    the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac...
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    Submission, the Warehouses in Omaha, the Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia and the Illinois Carnegie Libraries. Before the term "Multiple...
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    Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (category Ponds of the United States)
    The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C.. It is a 2,030-by-167-foot (619 by 51 m) rectangular...
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    Aquia Creek sandstone (category Sandstone in the United States)
    contrast, the famous cornstalk columns in a nearby entrance hall are gray. Aquia Church Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia Cape Henry...
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    Benjamin Banneker (category American people of Guinean descent)
    (see: Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia). Biographers have stated that Banneker's duties on the survey consisted primarily of making...
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  • Ellicott in the survey of the boundaries of the original District of Columbia (see Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia). In 1803 President...
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    Rivers of Washington, D.C. Three Sisters Tidal Basin Washington Channel Historic places in Washington, D.C. Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia...
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  • Adams Memorial (category Proposed monuments and memorials in the United States)
    to permit the Adams Memorial to be constructed within Area 1, the central core of the District of Columbia centered on the National Mall. The Commemorative...
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    7 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia (Arlington, Fairfax), Southwest No. 8 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia (Arlington...
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    workers. In 1946, the United States Congress passed the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act, which established the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land...
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    Jones Point (Virginia) (category Landforms of Alexandria, Virginia)
    south of the lighthouse (see: History of Washington, D.C., and Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia). During World War I, Jones Point was...
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  • Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia SWIX (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as...
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    الاسلامى". The Islamic Center. Archived from the original on 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2014-05-28. p.10 of brochure Theresa Vargas (March 12, 2007). "'Some...
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    The history of Washington, D.C., is tied to its role as the capital of the United States. The site of the District of Columbia along the Potomac River...
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    April 21 – The first of forty boundary markers of the original District of Columbia, delineating the borders of the new District in the United States...
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  • nation's capital, was to be located along the Potomac River (see Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia). Soon afterwards, Pierre (Peter) Charles...
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    Pierre Charles L'Enfant (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
    original boundary survey of the future District of Columbia (see: Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia) and the survey of the "Federal...
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    home of gay rights leader Northwest No. 4 Boundary Marker of the Original District of Columbia Washington Aqueduct. Designed by John J. Zink, the MacArthur...
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    joint effort of Wiesel and Richard Krieger (the original papers are on display at the Jimmy Carter Museum). On September 27, 1979, the Commission presented...
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    Preemption Line (category Former regions and territories of the United States)
    assisted in the initial survey of the District of Columbia (see Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia). The magnitude of the error can be...
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    Chrysler Garbisch. The Gallery's East Building was constructed in the 1970s on much of the remaining land left over from the original congressional action...
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    Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (category 1830 establishments in the United States)
    Corridor, District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1691 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback...
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  • Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 6/13/11 through 6/19/11". June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2011. District of Columbia Department of Mental Health...
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    Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (category Buildings of the United States government in Washington, D.C.)
    special joint session of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Court of Federal Claims. Lafayette Square Historic District (Washington, D.C...
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