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Two years after Maryland had ceded to the United States the territory constituting the present District of Columbia, the legislature of that state, appreciating the necessity of providing for the spiritual needs of the Protestant Episcopal inhabitants who were to reside there, and on their petition, passed the act of 26 December 1794, creating a new parish, to be known as Washington Parish-to ...
The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the D.C. area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area comprising Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States, and its surroundings.
Lab School of Washington (1–12) Lowell School (PS-8) Maret School (K–12) Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School (Prek-8) Model Secondary School for the Deaf (9–12) Nannie Helen Burroughs School (K–6) National Cathedral School (4–12) National Presbyterian School (PS-6) Parkmont School (6–12) Russian Embassy School in Washington, D.C.
Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, are distinguished by their history, culture, architecture, demographics, and geography. The names of 131 neighborhoods are unofficially defined by the D.C. Office of Planning. [ 1 ]
Washington, D.C., formally 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 River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named after George Washington, the first president of the United ...
In 1955, the directory of the Archdioceses of Washington included St. Ann's Asylum and Maternity Home at 2200 California St NW, Washington, D.C., established 1869.
The Washington D.C. Temple (originally known as the Washington Temple, until 1999), is the 16th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Located in Kensington, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C., and near the Capital Beltway, it was the church's first temple built east of the Mississippi River since the original Nauvoo Temple was completed in 1846.
The museum was established as a nonprofit organization in 2010. [15] The museum's building location and design were announced in 2012 when the Green family purchased the 1923 Terminal Refrigerating and Warehousing Co. building, [16] that used to be the Washington Design Center, two blocks from the National Mall in Washington D.C. [17] [18] The primary donors to the museum at launch were Hobby ...