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The Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC is a network of nine independent, ecumenical Christian faith communities and over 40 ministries [1] that have grown out of the original Church of the Saviour community founded in the mid-1940s. [2] The current ministries and faith communities are the result of an alternative approach to “church ...
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was designed by Henry Bacon, and was constructed in 1922 and 1923, following the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial. It is approximately 2,030 feet (620 m; 3⁄8 mi) long and 167 feet (51 m) wide. [3] The perimeter of the pool is therefore 4,392 feet (1,339 meters; 13⁄16 mile) around.
AdventureQuest Worlds is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the world of Lore, where players traverse its landscape and engage in quests and battles against various monsters, all while interacting with or alongside other players and non-playable characters (NPCs). When making a character avatar, players can select from the ...
The Archdiocese of Washington ( Latin: Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Vashingtonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church for the District of Columbia and several Maryland counties in the United States. The Archdiocese of Washington is home to the Catholic University of America [6] and Georgetown ...
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School is a private college-preparatory school for girls located in the historic Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Georgetown.Founded in 1799 by the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (also known as the Visitation Sisters), it is one of the oldest continuously-operating schools for girls in the country and the city as well as the oldest Catholic school for ...
Other notable events at the cathedral include a Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II during his 1979 visit to Washington, D.C., and the 1997 funeral of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. The cathedral was the site of a Lutheran funeral service for Chief Justice William Rehnquist on September 7, 2005.
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2.3-million-square-foot (210,000 m 2) convention center located in Washington, D.C., owned and operated by the city's convention arm, Events DC. Designed in a joint venture by the Atlanta -based architecture firm Tvsdesign, Washington, D.C.- based architects Devrouax & Purnell Architects Planners ...
The National Aquarium, Washington, D.C., was an aquarium in Washington D.C. It was located in the Herbert C. Hoover Building (owned by the General Services Administration ), which is bounded by 14th Street NW on the east, 15th Street NW on the west, Pennsylvania Avenue NW on the north, and Constitution Avenue NW on the south. [2]