The civil engineering firm Ammann and Whitney was named lead contractor the airport was dedicated by President John F Kennedy and Eisenhower on November 17 1962 as originally opened the airport had three runways (current day runways 1C/19C 1R/19L and 12/30) Its original name Dulles International Airport was changed in 1984 to Washington Dulles International Airport. . 4.3 Partisanship versus bipartisanship 6.8.1 Landings and siege of Veracruz "The Storm that Saved Washington" James Smith Pennsylvania 1 Yes 1.5 Marriage and children Thomas Mifflin Pennsylvania 2 Yes Yes Stephen Hopkins Rhode Island 2 Yes Yes.
! In 2012 Washington's annual murder count had dropped to 88 the lowest total since 1961 the murder rate has since risen from that historic low though it remains close to half the rate of the early 2000s. Washington was once described as the "murder capital" of the United States during the early 1990s the number of murders peaked in 1991 at 479 but the level of violence then began to decline significantly, Gouverneur Morris New York 2[b] Yes Freemasonry was a widely accepted institution in the late 18th century known for advocating moral teachings. Washington was attracted to the Masons' dedication to the Enlightenment principles of rationality reason and brotherhood the American Masonic lodges did not share the anti-clerical perspective of the controversial European lodges a Masonic lodge was established in Fredericksburg in September 1752 and Washington was initiated two months later at the age of 20 as one of its first Entered Apprentices Within a year he progressed through its ranks to become a Master Mason. Before and during the American Revolution he used Masonic lodges as meeting places to plot against the British.[citation needed] He had a high regard for the Masonic Order but his personal lodge attendance was sporadic in 1777 a convention of Virginia lodges asked him to be the Grand Master of the newly established Grand Lodge of Virginia but he declined due to his commitments leading the Continental Army After 1782 he corresponded frequently with Masonic lodges and members and he was listed as Master in the Virginia charter of Alexandria Lodge No 22 in 1788. ; . .
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