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elleng

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Sun Jul 17, 2022, 12:56 PM Jul 2022

The Founding of the United States

On This Day in History > July 16, 1790:
Congress declares Washington, D.C. new capital

"On July 16, 1790, the young American Congress declares that a swampy, humid, muddy and mosquito-infested site on the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia will be the nation’s permanent capital. “Washington,” in the newly designated federal “District of Columbia,” was named after the leader of the American Revolution and the country’s first president: George Washington. It was Washington who saw the area’s potential economic and accessibility benefits due to the proximity of navigable rivers.

George Washington, who had been in office just over a year when the capital site was determined, asked a French architect and city planner named Pierre L Enfant to design the capital. In 1793, the first cornerstones of the president’s mansion, which was eventually renamed the “White House,” were laid. George Washington, however, never lived in the mansion as it was not inhabitable until 1800. Instead, President John Adams and his wife Abigail were the White House’s first residents. They lived there less than a year; Thomas Jefferson moved in in 1801."

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The Founding of the United States (Original Post) elleng Jul 2022 OP
my grand father was chief of police in oklahoma and washington state ( 40s-70s) samnsara Jul 2022 #1
I like that idea. 2naSalit Jul 2022 #2
+100 Maybe ask the admins discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2022 #3
Great idea! Grumpy Old Guy Jul 2022 #4

samnsara

(18,281 posts)
1. my grand father was chief of police in oklahoma and washington state ( 40s-70s)
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 01:16 PM
Jul 2022

..hes been gone for years but i have his trunk o stuff and i found a copy of the constitution that he always carried with him when he was working ( he was one of the good cops). Ive been reading it and its very interesting...but leaves me with a lot of questions. I Would love a DU room where the constitution can be studied and someone with real knowledge of the document can answer questions or lead discussions. A Constitution Sunday School!

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