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. First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1864). Vte The selection or founding of a "neutral" capital city one unencumbered by regional or political identities was meant to represent the unity of a new state when Ankara Bern Canberra Madrid Ottawa and Washington became capital cities Sometimes the location of a new capital city was chosen to terminate squabbling or possible squabbling between various entities such as in the cases of Canberra Ottawa Washington Wellington and Managua. .

Political divisions Following their victory at the Battle of Bladensburg the British entered Washington D.C burning down buildings including the White House, On May 24 1976 supersonic flights between the U.S and Europe began with the arrival of a British Airways Concorde from London and an Air France Concorde from Paris the two were lined nose-to-nose at Dulles for photos. . . Contents See also: List of newspapers in Washington D.C and List of television shows set in Washington D.C Most incumbents seek re-election and their historical likelihood of winning subsequent elections exceeds 90 percent. The British intended to burn the building to the ground They set fire to the southern wing first the flames grew so quickly that the British were prevented from collecting enough wood to burn the stone walls completely However the Library of Congress's contents in the northern wing contributed to the flames on that side. Among the items destroyed was the 3,000-volume collection of the Library of Congress and the intricate decorations of the neoclassical columns pediments and sculptures Later though former president Thomas Jefferson donated his personal book collection to start a new Library of Congress, originally designed by William Thornton in 1793 and Benjamin Latrobe in 1803 the wooden ceilings and floors burned and the glass skylights melted because of the intense heat. But the building was not a complete loss the House rotunda the east lobby the staircases and Latrobe's famous Corn-Cob Columns in the Senate entrance hall all survived the Superintendent of the Public Buildings of the City of Washington Thomas Munroe concluded that the loss to the Capitol amounted to $787,163.28 with $457,388.36 for the North wing and main building and $329,774.92 for the South wing, The Capitol reconstruction took much longer than anticipated the Old Brick Capitol took only five months to complete; the Capitol took twelve years a committee appointed by Congress to investigate the damage to the District concluded that it was cheaper to rebuild the already existing and damaged buildings than to build an entirely new one. On February 13 1815 President Madison and Congress passed legislation to borrow $500,000 to repair the public buildings including the Capitol "on their present sites in the city of Washington". Benjamin Latrobe architect of the Capitol who took over for William Thornton in 1803 was rehired to repair the building on April 18 1815. He immediately requested 60,000 feet of boards 500 tons of stone 1,000 barrels of lime and brick. With the $500,000 borrowed from Washington banks, Latrobe was able to rebuild the two wings and the central dome before being fired in 1818 for being difficult. Charles Bulfinch took over and officially completed the renovations by 1826. Bulfinch modified Latrobe's design by increasing the height of the Capitol dome to match the diameter of 86 ft With the reconstruction of the public buildings in Washington the value of land in the area increased dramatically paving the way for the expansion of the city that developed in the years leading up to the American Civil War, 3.1 Post-constitution life 8.1 Creating a "more perfect union" and guaranteeing rights.