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Dupont Circle

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Dupont Circle is a traffic circle, park, neighborhood, and historic district in Northwest Washington, D.C. The traffic circle is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue NW, Connecticut Avenue NW, New Hampshire Avenue NW, P Street NW, and 19th Street NW. [1]

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Adams Morgan

Adams Morgan is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., centered at the intersection of 18th Street and Columbia Road, about 1.5 miles north of the White House.

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Administration Building, Carnegie Institution of Washington

The Administration Building, Carnegie Institute of Washington is a Beaux-Arts style building designed by architects Carrere and Hastings, and located at 1530 P Street NW in Washington, D.C. It houses the Carnegie Institution for Science, a philanthropic scientific research organization founded in 1902 by Andrew Carnegie.

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Adolf Cluss

Adolf Ludwig Cluss (July 14, 1825 – July 24, 1905) also known as Adolph Cluss was a German-born American immigrant who became one of the most important, influential and prolific architects in Washington, D.C., in the late 19th century, responsible for the design of numerous schools and other notable public buildings in the capital.

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Advisory Neighborhood Commission

Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are bodies of local government in Washington, D.C. Created in 1974 through a District referendum in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, ANCs consider a wide range of policies and programs affecting their neighborhoods, including traffic, parking, recreation, street improvements, liquor licenses, zoning, economic development, police protection, sanitation and trash collection, and the District's annual budget.

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Alma Thomas House

The Alma Thomas House is an historic house, located at 1530 15th Street, N.W., in the Dupont Circle neighborhood.

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Andrew Mellon Building

McCormick Apartments, also known as Andrew Mellon Building, Mellon Apartment, or 1785 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, is a landmark apartment building on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., whose inhabitants once included Andrew W. Mellon.

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Apartment Building at 2225 N Street

The Apartment Building at 2225 N Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C. was constructed in 1924 by local real estate developers Harry Wardman and Eugene Waggaman.

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Arts and culture of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States, and is home to over 600,000 people from nations all over the world.

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Association for Student Conduct Administration

The Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA) (formerly the Association for Student Judicial Affairs) is the leading voice for student conduct administration within higher education, conflict resolution, law and public policy related to student conduct administration.

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Back Blast

Back Blast is the fifth novel by Mark Greaney, published on February 16, 2016 by Berkley Books.

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BestBus

BestBus (formerly DC2NY) is a company that operates low-cost intercity bus service in the Mid-Atlantic states of the United States.

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Bet Mishpachah

Bet Mishpachah (Hebrew: בית משפחה) is a Jewish egalitarian worshiping community in the Dupont Circle area of Washington, D.C. It is one of a number of national and international Jewish communities of "LGBT affirming congregations" that specifically welcome and "embrace" the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community, along with all others who "wish to participate in an inclusive, egalitarian, and mutually supportive community." Membership is open to all singles, couples, and families, regardless of religious affiliation, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

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Bet Mishpachah Cemetery

The Bet Mishpachah Cemetery is a recently established Jewish cemetery located in Southeast Washington, D.C. The cemetery is for the Bet Mishpachah community (Hebrew: בית משפחה) located in the Dupont Circle area of Washington, D.C. This cemetery is on land purchased from Elesavetgrad Cemetery and is adjacent to the Ohev Shalom, Adas Israel, and Washington Hebrew cemeteries.

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Black Cat (Washington, D.C. nightclub)

The Black Cat is a nightclub in Washington, D.C., located on 14th Street Northwest in the Shaw/U Street neighborhood.

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Bluemercury

Bluemercury is a chain of American beauty stores founded in 1999 by Marla Malcolm Beck and Barry Beck in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The stores sell cosmetics, as well as in-store facials and spa treatments.

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Bob Barr presidential campaign, 2008

The 2008 presidential campaign of Bob Barr, former Congressman of Georgia began on May 12, 2008.

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Boobquake

Boobquake was a rally which took place on April 26, 2010.

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Borf

Borf was a graffiti campaign seen in and around Washington, D.C. during 2004 and 2005, carried out by John Tsombikos while studying at the Corcoran College of Art and Design.

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Boston University

Boston University (commonly referred to as BU) is a private, non-profit, research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Breck Eisner

Michael Breckenridge "Breck" Eisner (born December 24, 1970) is an American television and film director.

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Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott

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Brickskeller

The Brickskeller (officially The Brickskeller Dining House and Down Home Saloon) was a tavern in Washington, D.C., located near Dupont Circle across from Rock Creek Park and on the edge of Georgetown, in the Marifex Hotel (now the Brickskeller Inn) building.

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Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution is a century-old American research group on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.C. It conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and global economy and development.

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Campuses of George Washington University

The campus of the George Washington University (GW), originated on College Hill, a site bounded by 14th Street, Columbia Road, 15th Street and Florida Avenue, NW in Washington, DC.

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Capital Pride (Washington, D.C.)

Capital Pride is an annual LGBT pride festival held in early June each year in Washington, D.C. It was founded as Gay Pride Day, a one-day block party and street festival, in 1975.

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

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Caresse Crosby

Caresse Crosby (born Mary Phelps Jacob; April 20, 1891 – January 26, 1970) was the first recipient of a patent for the modern bra, an American patron of the arts, publisher, and the "literary godmother to the Lost Generation of expatriate writers in Paris." She and her second husband, Harry Crosby, founded the Black Sun Press, which was instrumental in publishing some of the early works of many authors who would later become famous, among them Ernest Hemingway, Archibald MacLeish, Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin, Kay Boyle, Charles Bukowski, Hart Crane, and Robert Duncan.

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Carl Lutz

Carl Lutz (30 March 1895 – 12 February 1975) was a Swiss diplomat.

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Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

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Charlotte Forten Grimké House

The Charlotte Forten Grimké House is a historic house at 1608 R Street NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C., United States.

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Chesterwood (Massachusetts)

Chesterwood was the summer estate and studio of American sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) located at 4 Williamsville Road in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

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Christian Heurich Brewing Company

The Christian Heurich Brewing Company was a Washington, D.C., brewery founded in 1872 and incorporated by Christian Heurich in 1890.

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Church of St. Paul's, K Street (Washington, D.C.)

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Churchill Hotel (Washington, D.C.)

The Churchill Hotel Near Embassy Row is a hotel located at 1914 Connecticut Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., United States.

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Civil Aeronautics Board

The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was an agency of the federal government of the United States that regulated aviation services, including scheduled passenger airline service, and provided air accident investigation.

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Clara Hill (sculptor)

Clara Lavinia Hill (September, 1870 – July 16, 1935) was an American sculptor.

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Classical Movements

Classical Movements of Alexandria, Virginia an American concert touring company, specializing in concert and travel arrangements in 145 countries for professional symphonies and choruses as well as conservatory, university, and youth ensembles.

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Columbia Road

Columbia Road is a street in Washington, D.C., that forks from Connecticut Avenue north of Dupont Circle, and branches north and east through 16th Street to the McMillan Reservoir.

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Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) is an American educational foundation.

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Connecticut Avenue

Connecticut Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., and suburban Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Connecticut Avenue Line

The Connecticut Avenue Line, served by Routes L1 and L2, is a Metrobus bus route in Northwest Washington, D.C., United States.

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Constantine Seferlis

Constantine L. Seferlis (1930–2005) is acknowledged as a master sculptor and stone carver whose works exemplified a group of public monumental artists in the United States during the second half of the 20th century.

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Council of the District of Columbia Period 13

Period 13 of the Council of the District of Columbia was the period from 1999 to 2000.

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Council of the District of Columbia Period 14

Members of the Council of the District of Columbia, period 14 were elected to 4 year terms.

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Council of the District of Columbia Period 15

Members of the Council of the District of Columbia, period 15 were elected to 4 year terms.

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Council of the District of Columbia Period 16

Members of the Council of the District of Columbia, period 16 were elected to 1 four year term.

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Crystal Heights

Crystal Heights or Crystal City was a proposal by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for a hotel, apartment, and shopping complex in Washington, D.C., United States, at the corner of Florida and Connecticut Avenues N.W., in the vicinity of Dupont Circle.

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Cultural Tourism DC

Cultural Tourism DC is an independent non-profit coalition of more than 230 culture, heritage, and community-based organizations in Washington, DC.

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Culture of Washington, D.C.

The culture of Washington, D.C. is influenced by the presence of the federal government, which has been instrumental in developing numerous cultural institutions throughout the city.

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Daniel Chester French

Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931), one of the most prolific and acclaimed American sculptors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is best known for his design of the monumental work the statue of Abraham Lincoln (1920) in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC.

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David Catania

David A. Catania (born January 16, 1968) is an American independent politician and lawyer from Washington, D.C. He was formerly an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia, which he gave up to pursue an unsuccessful run in the 2014 mayoral election.

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David M. Schwarz

David M. Schwarz (born January 26, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an American architect and designer.

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DC Circulator

The DC Circulator is a bus system in Washington, D.C. The District of Columbia Department of Transportation, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and DC Surface Transit operate the service in a public-private partnership with First Transit, although it has been proposed that the District of Columbia Department of Transportation operate the Circulator directly.

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DC Gay Flag Football League

DC Gay Flag Football League (DCGFFL) is a nonprofit LGBT flag football league consisting of 22 teams in Washington, D.C. It operates under the National Gay Flag Football League and competes in the National Gay Bowl.

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DC Minyan

The DC Minyan is a lay-led Jewish congregation in the Dupont Circle area of Washington, D.C., with programs including Shabbat/Sabbath and Holy Day worship services, education, social events (for singles, couples, and families), retreats, and opportunities for tikkun olam, improving and transforming the world.

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Dee Brown (writer)

Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown (February 29, 1908 – December 12, 2002) was an American novelist, historian, and librarian.

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Delta Sigma Theta

Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ; sometimes abbreviated Deltas or DST) is a Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that target the African American community.

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Dewey Beach, Delaware

Dewey Beach is an incorporated coastal town in eastern Sussex County, Delaware, United States.

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Diego's Hair Salon

Diego's Hair Salon is a hairdressing shop located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., USA.

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District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department

The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, (also known as DC FEMS, FEMS, DCFD, DC Fire, or Fire & EMS), established July 1, 1884, provides fire protection and emergency medical service to the city of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.

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Doug Gansler

Douglas F. Gansler (born October 30, 1962) is an American attorney politician who served as the 45th Attorney General of Maryland.

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Downtown, Washington, D.C.

Downtown is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., as well as a colloquial name for the central business district in the northwest quadrant of the city.

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Dumbarton Bridge (Washington, D.C.)

The Dumbarton Bridge, also known as the Q Street Bridge and the Buffalo Bridge, is a historic masonry arch bridge in Washington, D.C. Dumbarton Bridge was built between 1914 and 1915 to convey Q Street Northwest across Rock Creek Park between the city's Dupont Circle and Georgetown neighborhoods.

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Dupont

Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, duPont, or du Pont may refer to.

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Dupont Circle Building

The Dupont Circle Building is a landmark building on the south end of Dupont Circle in Washington DC.

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Dupont Circle Fountain

The Dupont Circle Fountain, formally known as the Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont Memorial Fountain, is a fountain located in the center of Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. It honors Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, a prominent American naval officer and member of the Du Pont family.

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Dupont Circle station

Dupont Circle is a station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro in Washington, D.C. Located below the circle of the same name, it is one of the busiest stations in the Metro system, with an average of 17,519 entries each weekday.

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Dupont Park

Dupont Park is a residential neighborhood located in southeast Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Fort Dupont Park to the north, Pennsylvania Avenue SE to the south, Branch Avenue to the west, and Fort Davis Park to the east.

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Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium

The Dupont-Kalorama Museums Consortium was formed in 1983 to help promote the Washington, D.C museums that are not located on the National Mall.

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EagleBank

EagleBank, the primary subsidiary of Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

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Eckington (Washington, D.C.)

Eckington is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., located south of the Prospect Hill and Glenwood Cemeteries.

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Edmonson sisters

Mary Edmonson (1832–1853) and Emily Edmonson (1835–1895), "two respectable young women of light complexion", were African Americans who became celebrities in the United States abolitionist movement after gaining their freedom from slavery.

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Elizabeth Jennings (The Americans)

Elizabeth Jennings (real name Nadezhda; Надежда) is a fictional character in the American television drama series The Americans on FX, as the female lead.

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Elliott Coues House

The Elliott Coues House is a historic house at 1726 N Street NW, in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Built about 1880, it was the home of 19th-century historian and ornithologist Elliott Coues (1842-99) from about 1887 until his death.

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Embassy Gulf Service Station

The Embassy Gulf Service Station is a service station in Washington, D.C., located on P Street near Dupont Circle and at the entrance to the Georgetown neighborhood.

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Embassy of Belarus in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Belarus in Washington, D.C. is the Republic of Belarus's diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Embassy of Botswana, Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Botswana in Washington, D.C. is the Republic of Botswana's diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Embassy of China in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the U.S.A., Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the People's Republic of China to the United States.

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Embassy of Croatia, Washington, D.C.

The Croatian Embassy in Washington D.C. is the primary Croatian diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Embassy of El Salvador in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of El Salvador in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of El Salvador to the United States.

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Embassy of Eritrea in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Eritrea in Washington, D.C. is the State of Eritrea's diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Embassy of Grenada in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Grenada in Washington, D.C. is Grenada's diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Embassy of Iraq in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Iraq in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United States.

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Embassy of Jamaica, Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, D.C. is the primary diplomatic mission of Jamaica to the United States.

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Embassy of Kazakhstan in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States.

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Embassy of Morocco, Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Morocco in Washington, D.C. is the Kingdom of Morocco's diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Embassy of Mozambique in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Mozambique in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Mozambique to the United States.

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Embassy of Namibia in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Namibia in Washington, D.C. is the Republic of Namibia's diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Embassy of Nicaragua in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Nicaragua in Washington, D.C. is the Republic of Nicaragua's diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Embassy of Papua New Guinea in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Papua New Guinea in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea to the United States.

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Embassy of Rwanda in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Rwanda in Washington, D.C. is Rwanda's diplomatic mission to the United States of America.

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Embassy of Sierra Leone in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Sierra Leone in Washington, D.C. is the Republic of Sierra Leone's diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Embassy of Swaziland in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Swaziland in Washington, D.C. is the Kingdom of Swaziland's diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Micronesia in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Federated States of Micronesia to the United States.

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Embassy of the Republic of Congo in Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of the Republic of Congo in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Congo to the United States.

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Embassy of Uzbekistan, Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, D.C., (also known as the Clarence Moore House and the Old Canadian Embassy), is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United States.

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Embassy of Zimbabwe, Washington, D.C.

The Embassy of Zimbabwe in Washington, D.C. is the Zimbabwe's diplomatic mission to the United States.

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Embassy Row

Embassy Row is the informal name for the section of Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. between Scott Circle and the North side of the United States Naval Observatory, in which embassies, diplomatic missions, and other diplomatic representations are concentrated.

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Embassy Row Hotel

The Embassy Row Hotel is a hotel owned by Lowe Enterprises located at 2015 Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

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Embrace (American band)

Embrace was a short-lived hardcore punk band from Washington, D.C., which lasted from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986.

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Emerson Preparatory School

Emerson Preparatory School (also known as Emerson) is a small private high school in Northwest Washington, D.C., founded in 1852 as the Emerson Institute.

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Eve Tushnet

Eve Sellers (born 1978) is a lesbian Catholic author, blogger, and speaker.

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Florida Avenue

Florida Avenue is a major street in Washington, D.C. It was originally named Boundary Street, because it formed the northern boundary of the Federal City under the 1791 L'Enfant Plan.

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Founder's Mutation

"Founder's Mutation" is the second episode of the tenth season of The X-Files.

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Fountain

A fountain (from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), a source or spring) is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air to supply drinking water and/or for a decorative or dramatic effect.

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Frank Kameny

Franklin Edward "Frank" Kameny (May 21, 1925 – October 11, 2011) was an American gay rights activist.

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Fraser Mansion

The Fraser Mansion is a building at 1701 20th Street NW, at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue, 20th Street, and R Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Since its construction in 1890, the mansion has served as a private residence, a restaurant, a boarding house, and most recently as home to the Founding Church of Scientology.

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Frederick Hart (sculptor)

Frederick Elliott Hart (June 7, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia – August 13, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland) was an American sculptor whose work recalls the figurative tradition of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Gay village

A gay village (also known as a gay neighborhood, gay enclave, gayvenue, gay ghetto, gaytto, gay district, gay mecca, gaytown or gayborhood) is a geographical area with generally recognized boundaries, inhabited or frequented by a large number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

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General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters

The General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters, also known as the Miles Mansion, is a social clubhouse headquarters in Washington, D.C..

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Gentrification

Gentrification is a process of renovation of deteriorated urban neighborhoods by means of the influx of more affluent residents.

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George Franklin Huff

George Franklin Huff (July 16, 1842 – April 18, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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George Oakley Totten Jr.

George Oakley Totten Jr. (December 5, 1866 – February 1, 1939), was one of Washington D.C.’s most prolific and skilled architects in the Gilded Age.

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George S. Cooper

George S. Cooper (December 14, 1864 – 1929) was an American architect and builder from Washington, D.C. During his 40-year career, he was responsible for designing around 850 properties, including homes, commercial buildings and apartment buildings, several of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

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Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)

Georgetown is a historic neighborhood and a commercial and entertainment district located in northwest Washington, D.C., situated along the Potomac River.

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Ghazal Omid

Ghazal Omid (Persian غزل امید) is an Iranian-Canadian author.

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Ghost bike

Not to be confused with Ghost Bikes, a manufacturer. A ghost bike (also referred to as a ghostcycle or WhiteCycle) is a bicycle roadside memorial, placed where a cyclist has been killed or severely injured, usually by a motor vehicle.

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Global storm activity of 2009

Global storm activity of 2009 profiles the major worldwide storms, including blizzards, ice storms, and other winter events, from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.

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Golden Triangle (Washington, D.C.)

Golden Triangle, Washington DC is a neighborhood and business improvement district(BID) in Washington, D.C. Its location encompasses most of Washington’s central business district, and runs from the front yard of the White House north to Dupont Circle and from 16th Street to 21st Street NW and includes sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.

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Grid plan

The grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid.

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Grief (novel)

Grief is a novel by American author Andrew Holleran, published in 2006.

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Haunting Evidence

Haunting Evidence is an American documentary television series following the travels of a psychic profiler, a medium, and a paranormal investigator.

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Henry Bacon

Henry Bacon (November 28, 1866 – February 16, 1924) was an American Beaux-Arts architect who is best remembered for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (built 1915–22), which was his final project.

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Heurich House Museum

Heurich House Museum, also known as the Christian Heurich Mansion or Brewmaster's Castle, is a Gilded Age mansion in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington D.C.

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Heurich Mausoleum

Heurich Mausoleum is a public artwork by sculptor Louis Amateis, located at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States.

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High Heel Drag Queen Race

The High Heel Drag Queen Race is an informal costumed drag queen race in Washington, D.C. Each year on the Tuesday before the Halloween holiday, thousands of spectators come to Dupont Circle to watch as 100 or so costumed drag queens show off their elaborate outfits and race down 17th Street.

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Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (named The Columbia Historical Society until 1988) is an educational foundation and museum dedicated to preserving and displaying the history of Washington, D.C. The society provides lectures, exhibits, classes, community events, and other educational programs as part of its mission.

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History of fountains in the United States

The first decorative fountain in the United States was dedicated in City Hall Park, in New York City, in 1842.

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Holmead's Burying Ground

Holmead's Burying Ground, also known as Holmead's Cemetery and the Western Burial Ground, was a historic cemetery located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States.

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House of Cards (U.S. TV series)

House of Cards is an American political thriller web television series created by Beau Willimon.

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House of the Temple

The House of the Temple is a Masonic temple in Washington, D.C., United States that serves as the headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A. (officially, "Home of The Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, Washington D.C., U.S.A.") Designed by John Russell Pope, it stands at 1733 16th Street, N.W., in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, about one mile directly north of the White House.

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Ina Garten

Ina Rosenberg Garten (born February 2, 1948) is an American author and host of the Food Network program Barefoot Contessa, and a former staff member of the White House Office of Management and Budget.

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International Arts & Artists

International Arts & Artists (IA&A) is an international, nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C., United States.

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International Temple

The International Temple, formerly the Perry Belmont House, is the world headquarters of the General Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, one of several organizations affiliated with Freemasonry.

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Isabel Weld Perkins

Isabel Anderson (March 29, 1876 – November 3, 1948), née Isabel Weld Perkins, was a Boston heiress, author, and society hostess who left a legacy to the public that includes a park and two museums.

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Jack Evans (D.C. politician)

Jack Evans (born October 31, 1953) is an American Democratic Party politician and lawyer.

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Jacob Kainen

Jacob Kainen (December 7, 1909 – March 19, 2001) was an American painter and printmaker.

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James Chadwick

Sir James Chadwick, (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was an English physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932.

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James G. Blaine

James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875, and then in the United States Senate from 1876 to 1881.

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James G. Blaine Mansion

The James G. Blaine Mansion is an historic house, located at 2000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., in the Dupont Circle neighborhood.

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January 27, 2007 anti-war protest

The January 27, 2007 anti-war protest was an anti-war march sponsored by United for Peace and Justice in Washington, D.C..

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Jesse Jackson Jr.

Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is a former American politician who served as a Democratic Congressman representing Illinois's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his resignation in 2012.

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Jim Tozzi

Jim Tozzi is an American lobbyist, currently the head of the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness, an industry-supported, for-profit lobbying organization that describes itself as a "regulatory watchdog." Formerly, he was a regulatory official of the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

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John Mullan (road builder)

John Mullan, Jr. (July 31, 1830 – December 28, 1909) was an American soldier, explorer, civil servant, and road builder.

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John Philip Sousa Bridge

The John Philip Sousa Bridge, also known as the Sousa Bridge and the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, is a continuous steel plate girder bridge that carries Pennsylvania Avenue SE across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

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John Witherspoon

John Witherspoon (February 5, 1722 – November 15, 1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and a Founding Father of the United States.

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Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is an American private research university in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Jonathan Pollard

Jonathan Jay Pollard (born August 7, 1954) is a former intelligence analyst for the United States government.

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Joseph Moskowitz

Joseph Moskowitz (1879 – June 27, 1954) was a Romanian-born Jewish cymbalum player, son of a folk klezmer cimbalist.

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Joyce Chiang

Joyce Chiang (December 7, 1970 –) was an American attorney with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service who was the victim of a homicide.

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Julie Mason

Julie Mason is a journalist and the host of "The Press Pool" on SiriusXM radio's POTUS channel.

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Julius Germuiller

Julius Germuiller, also spelled Julius Germüller, (March 18, 1859 – January 10, 1929) was a German-American architect from Washington, D.C. Throughout his 44-year career, he designed hundreds of buildings, mostly row houses.

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Kalorama, Washington, D.C.

The Kalorama area within the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. includes the residential neighborhoods of Kalorama Triangle and Sheridan-Kalorama. The area is accessible from the Dupont Circle and Woodley Park Metro stations, as well as various bus lines.

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Kesher Israel (Washington, D.C.)

Kesher Israel (Hebrew: קשר ישראל, "Kinship of Israel," also known as the Georgetown Synagogue) is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C..

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Killing of Nabra Hassanen

On June 18, 2017, Nabra Hassanen, a 17-year-old American Muslim girl from Reston, Virginia, was assaulted and killed.

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Kimpton Hotel Palomar Washington DC

The Kimpton Hotel Palomar Washington DC is a 335-room, high-end boutique hotel located at 2121 P Street Northwest in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Kimpton Hotel Palomar DC is one of twelve Kimpton hotel properties in the Washington Metropolitan Area and one of eight locations operating in the District.

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Kimpton Topaz Hotel

The Kimpton Topaz Hotel is a 99-room boutique hotel at 1733 N Street Northwest, between Dupont Circle and Scott Circle in Washington, D.C. Located around the corner from St. Matthew's Cathedral and the Philippine embassy, Kimpton Topaz Hotel is one of 13 Kimpton hotel properties in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

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Komi (restaurant)

Komi is a Washington, D.C., restaurant operated by Chef Johnny Monis.

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Kramerbooks & Afterwords

Kramerbooks & Afterwords (also known as Kramer's) is an independent bookstore and cafe in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Since its founding in 1976 by Bill Kramer, Henry Posner, and David Tenney, Kramer's has become a local institution and meeting place for neighborhood residents, authors, and politicians.

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L'Enfant Plan

The L'Enfant Plan for the city of Washington is the urban plan developed in 1791 by Major Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant for George Washington, the first President of the United States.

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L. Ron Hubbard House

The L. Ron Hubbard House, also known as the Original Founding Church of Scientology, is a writer's house museum and former Scientology church located at 1812 19th Street NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.

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Lambda Rising

Lambda Rising was an LGBT bookstore that operated from 1974 to 2010 in Washington, D.C. Founded by Deacon Maccubbin in 1974 with 250 titles, it was known for its wide selection of books, ranging from queer theory and religion to erotica, as well as DVDs, music CDs and gifts.

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Laogai Museum

The Laogai Museum is a museum in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., which showcases human rights in the People's Republic of China, focusing particularly on the laogai, the Chinese prison system.

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Larz Anderson

Larz Anderson (August 15, 1866 – April 13, 1937) was an American diplomat and bon vivant.

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Larz Anderson House

Anderson House, also known as Larz Anderson House, is a Gilded Age mansion located at 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, on Embassy Row in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It now houses the Society of the Cincinnati's international headquarters and a research library on 17th and 18th century military and naval history and the art of war.

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Laughlin Phillips

Laughlin Phillips (October 20, 1924 – January 24, 2010), also known as Loc Phillips, was an American museum director from Washington, D.C. The son of wealthy art collectors, he managed The Phillips Collection, a museum founded by his parents.

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Launt Thompson

Launt Thompson (February 8, 1833 – September 26, 1894) was an American sculptor.

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Lavender Heights, Sacramento, California

Lavender Heights is a centrally located district in Midtown Sacramento centered within and around K & 20th streets.

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Lawrence Townsend

Lawrence Townsend (August 13, 1860 – March 8, 1954) was an American diplomat and later in life, after his retirement from government service, a business executive in Washington, DC.

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Legacy of Taras Shevchenko

Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (Тара́с Григо́рович Шевче́нко,, Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko; –) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, as well as folklorist and ethnographer.

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Levi Leiter

Levi Ziegler Leiter (November 2, 1834 – June 9, 1904) was a Chicago businessman.

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Lewis Black

Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor.

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Lion Building

The Lion Building is an office building, where Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Republic of South Sudan's diplomatic missions to the United States are located.

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List of African-American historic places in the District of Columbia

This list of African American Historic Places in Washington, D.C. is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.

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List of circles in Washington, D.C.

The surface road layout in Washington, D.C., consists primarily of numbered streets along the north–south axis and lettered streets (followed by streets named in alphabetical order) along the east–west axis.

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List of diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.

This is a list of the 177 resident embassies in Washington, D.C. For other diplomatic missions in the United States, see List of diplomatic missions in the United States.

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List of gay villages

This is a list of gay villages, urban areas with generally recognized boundaries that unofficially form a social center for LGBT people.

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List of Main Street Programs in the United States

Main Street Programs aim to revitalize their downtowns and commercial districts through preservation-based economic development and community revitalization.

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List of Michelin starred restaurants in Washington, D.C.

This article contains a complete list of Michelin starred restaurants in Washington, D.C. since 2017.

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List of newspapers in Washington, D.C.

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List of places with eruvin

A mechitza (halachik wall) together with an eruv chatzerot (עירוב חצרות), commonly known in English as a community eruv, is a symbolic boundary that allows Jews who observe the religious rules concerning Shabbat to carry certain items outside of their homes that would otherwise be forbidden during Shabbat.

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List of public art in Washington, D.C.

This is a list of public art in Washington, D.C. organized by neighborhood wards.

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List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2

This is a list of public art in Ward 2 of Washington, D.C..

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List of shopping streets and districts by city

This page lists shopping streets and districts by city.

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List of tunnels in the United States

The following is a list of some tunnels in the United States of America.

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List of U.S. Highways in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Highways in the District of Columbia comprise 10 current and former United States Numbered Highways in Washington, D.C..

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List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials

This is a list of American Civil War monuments and memorials associated with the Union.

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Logan Circle, Washington, D.C.

Logan Circle is a traffic circle, neighborhood, and historic district in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The primarily residential neighborhood includes two historic districts, properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and sites designated D.C. Historic Landmarks.

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Logik (e-discovery company)

Logik is a San Francisco-based maker of e-discovery products.

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Madeira School

Madeira School is a private, non-denominational college-preparatory boarding school for girls located in McLean, Virginia, United States.

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Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni

Mahmoud Asgari (محمود عسگری), aged 16, and Ayaz Marhoni (عیاض مرهونی), aged 18, were Iranian teenagers from the province of Khorasan who were publicly hanged in Edalat (Justice) Square in Mashhad, northeast Iran, on July 19, 2005.

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Major General George B. McClellan

Major General George B. McClellan is an equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. that honors politician and Civil War general George B. McClellan.

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Major General John A. Logan

Major General John A. Logan, also known as the General John A. Logan Monument and Logan Circle Monument, is an equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. that honors politician and Civil War general John A. Logan.

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Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C.

Mandarin Oriental Washington, D.C. is a luxury Postmodernist-style hotel located at 1330 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, D.C., in the United States.

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Marjorie Acker Phillips

Marjorie Acker Phillips (October 25, 1894 – June 19, 1985) was an American Impressionist painter and art collector.

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Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston

Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston, CI (née Leiter; 27 May 187018 July 1906) was a British peeress of American background who was Vicereine of India, as the wife of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India.

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Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)

Massachusetts Avenue is a major diagonal transverse road in Washington, D.C., and the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District is a historic district that includes part of it.

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Mathematical Association of America

The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is a professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level.

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Media in Washington, D.C.

The Washington Post is the oldest and most-read daily newspaper in Washington, and it has developed into one of the most reputable daily newspapers in the U.S. It is most notable for exposing the Watergate scandal, among other achievements.

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Middle East Institute

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank and cultural center in Washington, D.C., founded in 1946.

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Midtown Sacramento

Midtown Sacramento (commonly known as Midtown) is a historical district and neighborhood just east of Downtown Sacramento.

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Mihran Mesrobian

Mihran Mesrobian (Միհրան Մեսրոպեան; 10 May 1889 – 21 September 1975) was an Armenian-American architect whose career spanned over fifty years and in several countries.

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Military history of Jewish Americans

Jewish Americans have served in the United States armed forces dating back to before the colonial era, when Jews had served in militias of the Thirteen Colonies.

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Miller House (Washington, D.C.)

Miller House is a mansion on the Embassy Row section of Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C..

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Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam

The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a massive demonstration and teach-in across the United States against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

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Mount Pleasant Line

The Mount Pleasant Line, served by Routes 42 and 43, is a Metrobus bus route in Washington, D.C., United States.

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National Cherry Blossom Festival

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington, D.C. Mayor Ozaki donated the trees to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and also celebrate the continued close relationship between the two nations.

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National Mall and Memorial Parks

National Mall and Memorial Parks (formerly known as National Capital Parks-Central) is an administrative unit of the National Park Service (NPS) encompassing many national memorials and other areas in Washington, D.C. Federally owned and administered parks in the capital area date back to 1790, some of the oldest in the United States.

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National Museum of American Jewish Military History

The National Museum of American Jewish Military History (NMAJMH) was founded September 2, 1958, in Washington, D.C., to document and preserve "the contributions of Jewish Americans to the peace and freedom of the United States...

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National Register of Historic Places listings in the upper NW Quadrant of Washington, D.C.

This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. that are both east of Rock Creek and north of M Street.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in western Washington, D.C.

This is a list of properties and districts that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. which are west of Rock Creek.

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National Trust for Historic Preservation

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded, nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that works in the field of historic preservation in the United States.

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Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.

Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., are distinguished by their history, culture, architecture, demographics, and geography.

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New Hampshire Avenue

New Hampshire Avenue is a diagonal street in Washington, D.C., beginning at the Kennedy Center and extending northeast for about 5 miles (8 km) and then continuing into Maryland where it is designated Maryland Route 650.

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Nguyễn Chánh Thi

Nguyễn Chánh Thi (23 February 1923 – 23 June 2007) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).

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Nicaragua–United States relations

Nicaragua – United States relations are bilateral relations between Nicaragua and the United States.

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Nick Carter-Killmaster

Nick Carter-Killmaster is a series of spy adventures published from 1964 until 1990, first by Award Books, then by Ace Books, and finally by Jove Books.

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Nikolas Schiller

Nikolas Schiller (born October 10, 1980) is an American blogger, a prominent digital map artist in the blogosphere, a vegetarian, and a civil rights activist who lives in Washington, DC.

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Nora Pouillon

Nora Pouillon (born October 26, 1943) is an Austrian chef, restaurateur, and author.

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Nora School

The Nora School is a small college preparatory high school in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Northwest, Washington, D.C.

Northwest (NW or N.W.) is the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located north of the National Mall and west of North Capitol Street.

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Not My Presidents Day

"Not My Presidents Day" (sometimes "Not My President's Day", or "Not My Presidents' Day") was a series of rallies against the President of the United States, Donald Trump, held on Washington's Birthday (an American federal holiday also known as Presidents' Day), February 20, 2017.

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Nuns of the Battlefield

Nuns of the Battlefield is a public artwork made in 1924 by Irish artist Jerome Connor, located at the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue NW, M Street, and Connecticut Avenue NW, in Washington, D.C., United States.

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Nupont

"Nupont," meaning "North of Dupont," is a moniker for the area north of Dupont Circle located in northwest Washington, D.C., United States.

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Order of the Eastern Star

The Order of the Eastern Star is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women.

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Organization of Chinese Americans

The OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates (previously known as the Organization of Chinese Americans) is a non-profit organization founded in 1973, whose stated mission is to advance the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans (APAs) in the United States.

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Outdoor sculpture in Washington, D.C.

There are many outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C. In addition to the capital's most famous monuments and memorials, many figures recognized as national heroes (either in government or military) have been posthumously awarded with his or her own statue in a park or public square.

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Outline of Washington, D.C.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Washington, D.C.: Washington, D.C., legally named the District of Columbia, is the federal capital of the United States of America, and was founded on July 16, 1790.

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P Street (Washington, D.C.)

P Street refers to four different streets within the city of Washington, D.C. The streets were named by President George Washington in 1791 as part of a general street naming program, in which east-west running streets were named alphabetically and north-south running streets numerically.

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P Street Bridge

The P Street Bridge or Lauzun's Legion Bridge is a concrete arch bridge that conveys P Street across Rock Creek and Rock Creek Park between the Georgetown and Dupont Circle neighborhoods of Northwest Washington, D.C. The first bridge at this site was constructed in 1855 and was replaced in 1935 by the current structure.

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Patterson Mansion

The Patterson Mansion (also known as the Patterson House or the Washington Club) is a historic Neoclassical-style mansion located at 15 Dupont Circle NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

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Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a division of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., United States, with campuses in Bologna, Italy; and Nanjing, China.

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Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Peggy Cooper Cafritz (born Pearl Alice Cooper; April 7, 1947 – February 18, 2018) was an American art collector, educator, civil rights activist, philanthropist and socialite.

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Policy Review

Policy Review was a conservative journal from 1977 to 2013.

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Potomac School (McLean, Virginia)

The Potomac School is an independent K–12 preparatory school in McLean, Virginia, USA located on one campus, three miles (5 km) from Washington, D.C. Founded in 1904, the school emphasizes academic, athletic and artistic excellence together with character development and service.

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Provisions Library

Provisions Library is a resource center for social change located at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

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Quadrants of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., is administratively divided into four geographical quadrants of unequal size, each delineated by their ordinal directions from the medallion located in the Crypt under the Rotunda of the Capitol.

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Random Hearts

Random Hearts is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas.

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Reed-Cooke

Reed-Cooke is a small urban neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., situated within the boundaries of the larger and more prominent neighborhood of Adams Morgan, just north of the city's original L'Enfant-planned area.

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Reel Affirmations

Reel Affirmations (RA) is a non-profit, all-volunteer LGBT film festival in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1991 and held every year in mid-October, as of 2011 Reel Affirmations was one of the largest LGBT film festivals (in terms of attendance) in the United States.

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Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Rehoboth Beach is a city on the Atlantic Ocean along the Delaware Beaches in eastern Sussex County, Delaware, United States.

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Reportedly haunted locations in the District of Columbia

There are a number of reportedly haunted locations in Washington, D.C. The city is the capital of the United States, and was founded (pursuant to an Act of Congress) on July 16, 1790.

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Resources for the Future

Resources for the Future (RFF) is an American nonprofit organization that conducts independent research into environmental, energy, and natural resource issues, primarily via economics and other social sciences.

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Richard Mattingly murder case

Richard Mattingly was the 63-year-old director of the Condemnation Board of the District of Columbia in the United States, who was murdered on January 8, 1970, in his home in Arlington, Virginia.

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Riggs Bank

Riggs Bank was a bank headquartered in Washington, D.C. For most of its history, it was the largest bank headquartered in that city.

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Robb LaKritz

Robb LaKritz (born July 8, 1972) is an American real estate developer, lawyer and former senior U.S. economic official.

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Robert A. Futterman

Robert Allen Futterman (1928–1961) was an American real estate investor, developer, author, and founder of the Futterman Corporation — a publicly traded New York-based real-estate holding and development company, which he built into a $100 million nationwide enterprise prior to his sudden death in November 1961 at age 33.

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Robert Ledley

Robert Steven Ledley (June 28, 1926 – July 24, 2012), Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and Professor of Radiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, pioneered the use of electronic digital computers in biology and medicine.

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Robert Simpson Woodward House

The Robert Simpson Woodward House is a former residence located at 1513 16th Street, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. From 1904 until 1914, it was a home of geologist Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924), the first president of the Carnegie Institution and a highly regarded scientist and science administrator.

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Robert Wilson Patterson

Robert Wilson Patterson (1850–1910) was an American newspaper editor and publisher.

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Rockford Park

Rockford Park is a historic public park located in a residential area of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.

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Rosslyn, Virginia

Rosslyn is a heavily urbanized unincorporated area in Northern Virginia located in the northeastern corner of Arlington County, Virginia, north of Arlington National Cemetery and directly across the Potomac River from Georgetown and Foggy Bottom in Washington, D.C. Rosslyn encompasses the Arlington neighborhoods of North Rosslyn and Radnor/Ft.

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Roundabout interchange

A roundabout interchange is a type of interchange between a controlled access highway, such as a motorway or freeway, and a minor road.

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Samuel Francis Du Pont

Samuel Francis Du Pont (September 27, 1803 – June 23, 1865) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent Du Pont family.

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Sandi Jackson

Sandra Lee "Sandi" Jackson (née Stevens; born September 14, 1963) was elected to the Chicago City Council as an alderman of the 7th ward of the City of Chicago in the 2007 municipal elections held on February 27, 2007.

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SB Nation

SB Nation (Sports Blog Nation) is a sports news website owned and operated by Vox Media (formerly SportsBlogs, Inc.). Established in 2005, the site comprises 320 blogs covering individual professional and college sports teams, and other sports-oriented topics.

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Schneider Row Houses

The Schneider Row Houses are the row houses built between 1889 and 1892 on the north and south sides of the 1700 block of Q Street NW in Washington, D.C. They were built by architect Thomas Franklin Schneider (1859-1938), who designed about 2,000 buildings in the area, including the Cairo Apartment Building one block to the east.

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Schnell Brewery

The Schnell Brewery (1864–1872) is a former brewery in Washington, D.C. The brewery, owned by George Schnell, was located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood on 20th Street between M and N Streets, Northwest.

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Screaming Eagles (MLS supporters association)

The Screaming Eagles are a supporters club of the Major League Soccer (MLS) team D.C. United.

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Seaview Terrace

Seaview Terrace, also known as the Carey Mansion, is a privately owned mansion.

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September 24, 2005 anti-war protest

On September 24, 2005, many protests against the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the Iraq War took place.

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Sheridan Circle

Sheridan Circle is a traffic circle in the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Embassy Row.

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ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen

ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, or simply ShopHouse, was an American restaurant chain specializing in Southeast Asian cuisine.

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Snowball fight

A snowball fight is a physical game in which balls of snow are thrown with the intention of hitting somebody else.

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Socialist Workers Party of the District of Columbia

The Socialist Workers Party of the District of Columbia is a minor political party in Washington, D.C. The party advocates for statehood for the District of Columbia and ending Congressional control over the District's laws and finances.

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Society of the Cincinnati

The Society of the Cincinnati is a hereditary society with branches in the United States and France, founded in 1783, to preserve the ideals and fellowship of officers of the Continental Army who served in the Revolutionary War.

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Sonny Bono Memorial Park

Sonny Bono Memorial Park is a park in Northwest Washington, D.C., at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue, 20th Street, and O Street near Dupont Circle.

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Sophie Radford de Meissner

Sophie Adelaide Radford de Meissner (November 17, 1854 – April 17, 1957) was an author, playwright, diplomat's wife, spiritualist and socialite.

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Spencer Carriage House and Stable

Spencer Carriage House and Stable is an historic structure located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

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St. Thomas' Parish (Washington, D.C.)

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Stead Park

Stead Park is a 1.5-acre (0.61 ha) municipal park located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C. Among its facilities are Stead Recreation Center, located at 1625 P Street NW; a lighted basketball court; an athletic field with a baseball diamond; and a playground.

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Stewart's Castle

Stewart's Castle, also referred to as Castle Stewart or Stewart's Folly, was a mansion in Washington, D.C., located on the north side of Dupont Circle between Connecticut Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue.

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Street lighting in the District of Columbia

Street lighting in the District of Columbia is provided by the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, and covers all city streets and alleys in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

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Streetcars in Washington, D.C.

For just under 100 years, between 1862 and 1962, streetcars in Washington, D.C. transported people across the city and region.

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Strivers' Section Historic District

The Strivers' Section is a historic district located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C. Strivers' Section was historically an enclave of upper-middle-class African Americans, often community leaders, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Sulgrave Club

The Sulgrave Club is a private club located at 1801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., on Embassy Row in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington D.C., United States.

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Sumner Welles

Benjamin Sumner Welles (October 14, 1892 – September 24, 1961) was an American government official and diplomat in the Foreign Service.

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Taras Shevchenko

Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (–) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, as well as folklorist and ethnographer.

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Taras Shevchenko Memorial

The Taras Shevchenko Memorial is a bronze statue and stone relief-adorned wall located on the 2200 block of P Street NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.

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Terence Winch

Terence Patrick Winch is an Irish-American poet, writer and musician.

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The Anchorage (Washington, D.C.)

The Anchorage is a mixed commercial and residential building at 1555 Connecticut Avenue NW in Washington, D.C..

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The Cairo

The Cairo apartment building, located at 1615 Q Street NW in Washington, D.C., is a landmark in the Dupont Circle neighborhood and the District of Columbia's tallest residential building.

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The Current Newspapers

The Current Newspapers are a group of weeklies in Washington, DC, with editions targeted to Upper Northwest, Chevy Chase (DC), Dupont Circle, Georgetown and Foggy Bottom.

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The Devil's Teardrop

The Devil's Teardrop is a novel published in 1999, written by author Jeffery Deaver.

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The Dupont Circle Hotel

The Dupont Circle Hotel is a luxury boutique hotel overlooking Dupont Circle, in Washington, D.C. Before renovations in 2009, it was known as the Jurys Washington Hotel.

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The Fairfax at Embassy Row

The Fairfax at Embassy Row is a historic luxury hotel located at 2100 Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

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The Field School

The Field School is a preparatory school in Washington, D.C., located in the old Cafritz mansion on Foxhall Road.

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The Institute of World Politics

The Institute of World Politics (IWP) is a graduate school of national security, intelligence, and international affairs.

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The Mansion on O Street

The Mansion on O Street is an American luxury boutique hotel in the Dupont Circle historic district of Washington D.C. The hotel is noted for eccentric interior styling which includes hidden doors, secret passages, and rooms in which all furnishings and fixtures are for sale.

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The Phillips Collection

The Phillips Collection is an art museum founded by Duncan Phillips and Marjorie Acker Phillips in 1921 as the Phillips Memorial Gallery located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Phillips was the grandson of James H. Laughlin, a banker and co-founder of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company.

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The Real World: D.C.

The Real World: D.C., (occasionally known as The Real World: Washington D.C.), is the twenty-third season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships.

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Theater J

Theater J is a professional theater company located in Washington, DC, founded to present works that "celebrate the distinctive urban voice and social vision that are part of the Jewish cultural legacy" as a self-mission.

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Think Tank Row (Washington DC)

Think Tank Row designates the cluster of think tanks that are located on or around Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington DC, between Thomas Circle and Dupont Circle.

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Thomas Nelson Page House

The Thomas Nelson Page House is an historic house located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C..

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Thomas T. Gaff House

The Thomas T. Gaff House is the diplomatic residence of the Colombian ambassador to the United States, a post currently held by Juan Carlos Pinzon.

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Tom Murphy (chess player)

Thomas D. "Tom" "Murph" Murphy (born ~1957) is an African-American, sometimes-transient chess hustler who plays primarily in Chicago, where he also teaches, and who previously played in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C..

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Toutorsky Mansion

The Toutorsky Mansion, also called the Brown-Toutorsky House, is a five-story, 18-room house located at 1720 16th Street, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. As of 2012, it is the location of the embassy of the Republic of the Congo.

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U Street

The U Street Corridor is a commercial and residential district in Northwest Washington, D.C, U.S.A., with many shops, restaurants, nightclubs, art galleries, and music venues along a nine-block stretch of U Street.

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U.S. Route 240

U.S. Route 240 is a defunct designation for a short, but once very important, segment of highway between Frederick, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

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U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia

U.S. Route 29 (US 29) in the District of Columbia is a U.S. highway which enters D.C. via Key Bridge from Arlington, Virginia, and exits at Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Universalist National Memorial Church

Universalist National Memorial Church (UNMC) is a Unitarian Universalist church located at 1810 16th Street, Northwest in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C..

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Veep

Veep is an American political satire comedy television series, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, that premiered on HBO on April 22, 2012.

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Vlastimil Koubek

Vlastimil Koubek (March 17, 1927 – February 15, 2003) was a Czech American architect who designed more than 100 buildings, most of them in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

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Walsh Mansion

Walsh Mansion is one of the most important buildings in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located at 2020 Massachusetts Avenue NW.

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Walsh Stable

The Walsh Stable is a historic building located at 1523 22nd Street, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was designed by architect Lemuel Norris in 1903 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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Washington Gallery of Modern Art

The Washington Gallery of Modern Art was a short-lived gallery promoting contemporary art near Dupont Circle in Washington, DC, United States, during the 1960s.

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Washington Hilton

The Washington Hilton, which was officially known as the Hilton Washington for a period in the early 21st century and is sometimes referred to colloquially as the Hinckley Hilton by locals, is a hotel in Washington, D.C. It is located at 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., roughly at the boundaries of the Kalorama, Dupont Circle, and Adams Morgan neighborhoods.

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Washington Project for the Arts

Washington Project for the Arts, founded in 1975, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support and aid of artists in the Washington, D.C. area.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Washington, D.C. hardcore

Washington, D.C. hardcore, commonly referred to as DC hardcore, sometimes referred to in writing as harDCore, is the hardcore punk scene of Washington, D.C. Emerging in late 1979, it is considered one of the first and most influential punk scenes in the United States.

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Washington, D.C. Jewish Community Center

The Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, D.C. (formerly the Washington DCJCC) is a Jewish Community Center located in the historic district of Dupont Circle.

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West End, Washington, D.C.

The West End is a neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., bounded by K Street to the south, Rock Creek Park to the west and north, and New Hampshire Avenue and 21st Street to the east.

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Whittemore House (Washington, D.C.)

Whittemore House (also known as the Walter D. Wilcox House and the John C. Weeks House) is an historic building located at 1526 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The former private residence, whose previous occupants include a musician, several politicians, and a mountain explorer, now serves as a historic house museum and headquarters of the Woman's National Democratic Club (WNDC).

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William Radford

William Radford (September 9, 1809 – January 8, 1890) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, in which he remained loyal to the Union, despite his Virginia birth.

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William Wilson Corcoran

William Wilson Corcoran (December 27, 1798 – February 24, 1888) was an American banker, philanthropist, and art collector.

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Woman's National Democratic Club

The Woman's National Democratic Club is an organization that was founded in 1922 to promote the Democratic Party of the United States.

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WWDC (FM)

WWDC (101.1 FM, "DC101") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Washington, D.C.. The station is owned by iHeartMedia through licensee AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C. and broadcasts an alternative rock format. Studios are located in Rockville, Maryland, while the station's broadcast tower is located near Silver Spring, Maryland at. WWDC serves as the flagship station for Elliot in the Morning and as the local affiliate for Skratch 'N Sniff and The Side Show Countdown with Nikki Sixx. WWDC uses HD Radio, and broadcasts an active rock format on its HD2 subchannel. The HD2 programming is simulcast on translator W284CQ.

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14th Street (Washington, D.C.)

14th Street NW/SW is a street in Northwest and Southwest quadrants of Washington, D.C., located west of the U.S. Capitol.

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1520 New Hampshire Avenue

1520 New Hampshire Avenue, NW is located in the Dupont Circle neighbourhood of Washington, D.C..

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18th Street NW (Washington, D.C.)

18th Street Northwest is a prominent north–south street thoroughfare in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The "18th Street" roadway was part of the 1791 L'Enfant Plan for Washington by Pierre Charles L'Enfant.

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2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting

The 2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting resulted in the deaths of two people and injuries to at least fifteen others at the Tel Aviv branch of the Israeli LGBT Association, at the "Bar-Noar" (ברנוער, "Youth Bar"), on Nahmani Street in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 1 August 2009.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupont_Circle

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