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| | TravelHERO.com - WASHINGTON, DC Hotels and Hotel Reservations |
 | | Located close to the geographic center of the original 13 colonies, the city was named Washington and the allotted 100 square miles area was named, District of Columbia. |
 | | The barely completed Capital of the new nation was captured along with the White House and burned in 1814, by the British during the War of 1812, but they were soon reconstructed. |
 | | Activities: See the numerous monuments for which the city was designed and the many Memorials, e.g., the Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson and FDR Memorials, the famous Tidal Basin with its Cherry Trees, the Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery. |
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