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| Outside the National Gallery of Art. This was once the site of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station where on July 2, 1881 President James Garfield was fatally shot. He died 2 months later in Elberton, New Jersey. |
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Website : www.dc.gov |
Highest
point : Fort Reno. 429 feet |
Area : 67 sq miles |
Population : 572,059 (2000 US Census) |
Motto
: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for all) |
Established : July 16, 1790 |
Bird : Wood Thrush |
Flower : American Beauty Rose |
Tree : Scarlet Oak |

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