; . Canada: the federal capital city Ottawa is located in the province of Ontario which has its own provincial capital in Toronto Ottawa's municipal government is overseen by the province and not by the federal government or a separate federal capital territory, Jared Ingersoll Pennsylvania 1 Yes 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. Pierce Butler South Carolina 1 Yes Burning during the War of 1812 11.1.1 Universities Education A large crowd in front of a large building with many pillars; Terminals Although the legislation did not specify an exact location it was assumed that Georgetown would be the capital Washington began scouting the area to the southeast of Georgetown near the Anacostia River (Eastern Branch) Some of the property owners expressed to the President that they were willing to sell land for the capital Washington also looked at other sites along the Potomac He decided that a few sites should be surveyed to provide specific details about the land and its ownership Washington returned to Philadelphia in late November 1790 to meet with Jefferson at this time the decision was reached to locate the capital at or adjacent to Georgetown, which was a short distance below the Fall Line and the farthest inland point for navigation.[citation needed]. 4.1 Committees 12 See also Lincoln presided over the expansion of the federal government's economic influence in other areas the National Banking Act created the system of national banks it also established a national currency in 1862 Congress created the Department of Agriculture.:424 in 1862 Lincoln sent a senior general John Pope to put down the "Sioux Uprising" in Minnesota Presented with 303 execution warrants for Santee Dakota who were convicted of killing innocent farmers Lincoln conducted his own personal review of each warrant eventually approving 39 for execution (one was later reprieved).:182. . Morrill Tariff Romero led an Indian force to the house of Governor Charles Bent where they broke down the door shot Bent with arrows and scalped him in front of his family They moved on leaving Bent still alive With his wife Ignacia and children and the wives of friends Kit Carson and Thomas Boggs the group escaped by digging through the adobe walls of their house into the one next door When the insurgents discovered the party they killed Bent but left the women and children unharmed, The Potomac River brings together a variety of cultures throughout the watershed from the coal miners of upstream West Virginia to the urban residents of the nation's capital and along the lower Potomac the watermen of Virginia's Northern Neck.
Union Station is the city's main train station and services approximately 70,000 people each day It is Amtrak's second-busiest station with 4.6 million passengers annually and is the southern terminus for the Northeast Corridor and Acela Express routes Maryland's MARC and Virginia's VRE commuter trains and the Metrorail Red Line also provide service into Union Station. Following renovations in 2011 Union Station became Washington's primary intercity bus transit center. Three major airports serve the District Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is across the Potomac River from downtown Washington in Arlington Virginia and primarily handles domestic flights Major international flights arrive and depart from Washington Dulles International Airport 26.3 miles (42.3 km) west of the District in Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is 31.7 miles (51.0 km) northeast of the District in Anne Arundel County Maryland! !
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