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Union Station, the busiest station in the system. The longest continuous escalator in the western hemisphere, at the Wheaton station [5] Vaulted ceiling at Farragut West. Largo Town Center station, one of the newest stations. Arlington Cemetery station on a snowy day. Elevated platform at National Airport.
Capitol South station is a Washington Metro station in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. The island-platformed station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The station currently provides service for the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines.
In 2001, there were 1,073 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Washington, D.C. It has since grown to 3,168 members in 4 congregations. Official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.38% in 2014. According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, roughly 1% of ...
The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the DC area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia ), is the metropolitan area centered around Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington ...
Silver Line A Silver Line train departing Smithsonian station in April 2019 Overview Status Operating Locale Loudoun County, Fairfax County, and Arlington County, Virginia Washington, D.C. Prince George's County, Maryland Termini Ashburn Downtown Largo Stations 34 Service Type Rapid transit System Washington Metro Operator(s) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Rolling stock 3000 ...
English: A Silver Line train boarding at Eastern Market Metro station in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC. The train is traveling west-bound with a final destination of Wiehle-Reston East.
View of the City of Washington in 1792. L'Enfant was a French engineer who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. In 1789, discussions were underway regarding a new federal capital city for the United States, and L'Enfant wrote to President Washington asking to be commissioned to plan the city.
The metro DC area is the second-most popular destination for African immigrants, after New York City. More than 192,000 African-born people live in DC and nearby suburbs as of 2019, just shy of the 194,000 African-born in New York. This includes Nigerians with 19,600 residents and Ghanaians with 18,400.