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  2. Petersen House - Wikipedia

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    The Petersen House is a 19th-century federal style row house in the United States in Washington, D.C., located at 516 10th Street NW, several blocks east of the White House. On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died there after being shot the previous evening at Ford's Theatre , located across the street.

  3. History of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Ghosts of DC – A Washington, D.C. history blog "History DC Area Directory". DCpages.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011; The Seat of Empire: a history of Washington, D.C. 1790 to 1861; Ovason, David, The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital: the Masons and the building of Washington, D.C.

  4. Geography of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Georgetown was originally part of Maryland and was the only significant population in the area that would become part of Washington, D.C. when the federal city was first created but which remained an independent city then referred to as Georgetown, D.C., until 1871 when it was merged with Washington City and Washington County, completing the ...

  5. Slavery in the District of Columbia - Wikipedia

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    Slavery remained legal in the District, as no steps were taken to ban it. Enslaved workers helped to build the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and other Washington buildings, in addition to clearing land and grading streets. Except under Presidents John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams, slaves served in the White House.

  6. Cannabis in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Under the legalization measure that went into effect in 2015, persons over the age of 21 in D.C. may possess up to two ounces (57 g) of marijuana, grow up to six plants of three mature and three immature marijuana plants in their homes, and gift up to one ounce (28 g) of marijuana to another individual.

  7. List of residences of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mount Vernon, George Washington's Fairfax County, Virginia plantation home Peacefield, the home of John Adams and John Quincy Adams in Quincy, Massachusetts Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Albemarle County, Virginia plantation home; appears on the back of the U.S. nickel Montpelier, James Madison's Orange County, Virginia plantation home Lincoln Home, Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois ...

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