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. President Abraham Lincoln insisted that construction on the United States Capitol dome continue during the American Civil War; 1861.

Museums Benjamin Franklin began his political career as a city councilman and then Justice of the Peace in Philadelphia He was next elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly and was sent by them to London as a colonial agent which helped hone his diplomatic skills, Compromise of 1850, 6 Intergovernmental organizations Southern theater and Yorktown! All three branches of the U.S federal government are centered in the District: Congress (legislative) president (executive) and the Supreme Court (judicial) Washington is home to many national monuments and museums primarily situated on or around the National Mall the city hosts 177 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of many international organizations trade unions non-profits lobbying groups and professional associations including the World Bank Group the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the Organization of American States AARP the National Geographic Society the Human Rights Campaign the International Finance Corporation and the American Red Cross. . Washington D.C. Business Directory, Washington D.C. Business Directory The revolution could divide families such as William Franklin son of Benjamin Franklin and royal governor of the Province of New Jersey who remained loyal to the Crown throughout the war He and his father never spoke again. Recent immigrants who had not been fully Americanized were also inclined to support the King such as Flora MacDonald who was a Scottish settler in the back country. Based on his letters diary documents accounts from colleagues employees friends and visitors Washington slowly developed a cautious sympathy toward abolitionism that eventually ended with the emancipation of his own slaves. The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 It is primarily housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill but also includes several other sites: the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Washington D.C.; the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper Virginia; a large book storage facility located at Ft Meade Maryland; and multiple overseas offices the Library had mostly law books when it was burned by a British raiding party during the War of 1812 but the library's collections were restored and expanded when Congress authorized the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's private library One of the library's missions is to serve the Congress and its staff as well as the American public It is the largest library in the world with nearly 150 million items including books films maps photographs music manuscripts graphics and materials in 470 languages. French King Louis XVI allied with Washington and Patriot American colonists Thousands of raw volunteers (as well as many professional soldiers) came to the area to fight for the Union By the mid-summer Washington teemed with volunteer regiments and artillery batteries from throughout the North all serviced by what was little more than a country town of what had been in 1860 75,800 people.[b] George Templeton Strong's observation of Washington life led him to declare.