27th Apr 2013
144
#washington dc
#history

lostsplendor:

Washington D.C Facade, 1920 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)
26th Feb 2013
18296
#Washington DC
22nd Jan 2013
3
#andrew jackson
#Washington DC
#Statue
#photography

ronasher:

This photo was taken on a trip to Washington DC a couple of years ago.  It is of the Andrew Jackson statue just outside of the fence to the White House.  
17th Jan 2013
105
#LBJ
#Lyndon B. Johnson
#presidents
#presidential inauguration
#inauguration
#washington dc
#history
#american history

usnatarchives:

Inauguration Fact: The Constitution does not dictate where the inauguration should happen.

Washington’s first inauguration took place in New York on a second-floor balcony of Federal Hall, with a crowd assembled in the streets below. Washington’s second inauguration and John Adams’s only inauguration were held in Philadelphia.

Even when the ceremony was held in the new capital city, the location still varied. Jefferson, the first President to be inaugurated in Washington, DC, took the oath twice in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol.

Starting with Andrew Jackson in 1829, inauguration ceremonies were held on the Capitol’s East Portico, but even that was not permanent. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fourth and final inauguration was a small, wartime ceremony held on the South Portico of the White House.

In 1981, Ronald Reagan became the first President to to take the oath of office on the West Portico of the Capitol, facing out onto the Mall.

Image Lyndon Johnson takes the Oath of Office as President of the United States on January 20, 1965, Johnson Presidential Library.
17th Jan 2013
12593
#Washington DC
#public art
#art
#Photography

Washington Dc Graffiti Covered Church (by Hense)

Found Here
7th Jan 2013
31
#history
#map
#maps
#america
#washington dc
#georgetown

time-for-maps:

Washington and Georgetown. 1870.
2nd Jan 2013
260
#National Archives
#Emancipation Proclamation
#history
#Washington DC
#Civil War
#Abraham Lincoln

todaysdocument:

Some highlights from our commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation’s 150th anniversary:

usnatarchives:

On New Year’s Eve, over 4,000 people saw this important document. Then, on January 1, 2013, the National Archives celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation with special guests, songs, and a stamp.

If you didn’t see it this time, stay tuned. Although its display time is limited each year, the document does travel to other venues, and it will be on display here again.

You can learn more about the Emancipation Proclamation and related documents in our free eBook, available to download for iPad, iPad, Android, and other eReaders: http://www.archives.gov/publications/ebooks/
31st Dec 2012
64
#National Archives
#Washington DC
#Emancipation Proclamation
#history

todaysdocument:

usnatarchives:

It’s excited to see the long line of people outside the National Archives waiting to see the Emancipation Proclamation on its 150th anniversary! Hopefully the line is moving quickly now.

Have you see the Emancipation Proclamation in person?

As part of the 150th commemoration, there are extended viewing hours until 1 am on New Years Eve!
28th Dec 2012
35
#history
#LBJ
#Washington DC
#home rule
#Congress
#civil rights

lbjlibrary:

October 10, 1966. Home rule for Washington, D.C. fails for the final time in the 89th Congress, when a cloture motion to forestall a Southern filibuster falls short by 11 votes. The nation’s capital city will continue to have no local representative government and no representation in Congress. While home rule bills passed both the House and Senate in 1965, the differences between the bills proved irreconcilable both in 1965 and in 1966. LBJ considered home rule in majority-black DC to be a civil rights issue, and he had urged the adoption of the Senate bill in his 1966 State of the Union.

The battle for home rule had launched a new activist group headed by Marion Barry, the Free D.C. Movement. Some other civil rights groups, though strong supporters of home rule, were put off by the new Movements’s aggressive tactics. Staunchly aligned against home rule were Southern Senators like LBJ’s old friend Richard Russell and some powerful local organizations like the Board of Trade. LBJ’s ardent supporter—and sometime critic —Senator Wayne Morse had attached the home rule bill to a college aid bill in a last-ditch attempt at passage, but despite the support of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, among others, home rule proponents will have to wait until the next Congress to try again.

Photo by Rob Shenk via Flickr Creative Commons.
7th Dec 2012
4
#Andrew Jackson
#wax figure
#Madame Tussauds
#Washington DC
#queue

Andrew Jackson (wax figure) By BAR Photography
3rd Nov 2012
38
#map
#graphic
#muppets
#puppets
#infographic
#washington dc
#fun
#drawing
#illustration
#march
#art
#cartoon
#dc
#politics
#romney
#obama
#election
#sesame street

shortformblog:

millionpuppetmarch:

Here’s the official Million Puppet March route map! See you in DC on 11/3

So this is apparently happening right now.
23rd Sep 2012
29
#Washington DC
#photography

oscardavidparra:

DC Metro
21st Sep 2012
9
#washington dc
#DC
#metro
#Train

theyebies:

DC Metro
1st Aug 2012
6
#Washington DC
#mika's magical adventures
#US Capitol Building

Isn’t it pretty, the Rotunda of the US Capitol! The part I loved the most was the fresco, couldn’t zoom in too much of I would’ve destroyed the pic. I loved that the thirteen women they had forming between Liberty, Victory, and Washington all represented the 13 colonies. *u*
31st Jul 2012
6
#mika's magical adventures
#my pics
#Washington DC
#alexander hamilton

Alexander Hamilton…oh god it took everything in me not to grope the hell out of this statue. I love Hamilton, a little too much. Lol our tour guide told us that she didn’t want skin to statue contact XD;;