The C&O Canal follows the route of the Potomac River for 184.5 miles from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, MD. The canal operated from 1828-1924 as a transportation route, primarily hauling coal from western Maryland to the port of Georgetown in Washington, D.C.

On the night of April 14th, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth. The President died in the early hours of April 15th in the small back bedroom of a boarding house across the street. The theater in which Lincoln was shot and the house where he died are preserved today as Ford's Theatre National Historic Site.

The Lincoln Memorial is a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln and the nation he fought to preserve during the Civil War (1861-1865).

Is the oldest continually operating botanic garden in the United States. A botanic garden at the seat of government was a dream of several of our nation's forefathers including our first president, George Washington. His foresight has benefited generations of visitors.

Pennsylvania Avenue is certainly among the world's most famous streets. While the Avenue serves work-a-day Washington as a major east-west transit route, it is known the world over as the heart of the Nation's Capital.

The idea behind this trail is to connect the tidewater regions along the Potomac River to the Laurel highlands of Pennsylvania. Areas currently open to the public are the C&O Canal towpath and the Mount Vernon Trail. The trail is also a unit of the National Trails System.

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Congress authorized the creation of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in 1934 to honor the founding father most accepted as having been the political philosopher of the American Revolution.

The White House has been the residence and office of the Presidents of the United States since November 1800, and it has become the symbol of the Presidency.