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D.C. is an international capital with a uniquely American flavor. Our circles, parks, statues, landmarks, museums, monuments and cemeteries all pay tribute to persons and places of prominence in the history of our country and our city. Links to our past celebrate the journey of immigrants from abroad to their new homes, their struggles for freedom and a different way of life.
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Washington, D.C., locat-ed along the Potomac River, was chosen as the permanent site for the capital of the United States by Congress in 1790.

SIZE: 68 sq. miles
MOTTO: Justitia Omnibus (Justice to all)
BIRD: Wood Thrush
FLOWER: American Beauty Rose
SONG: The Star-Spangled Banner

ORIGIN OF NAME: The District is named after Christopher Columbus.
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