Sites tagged "Federal Triangle National Historic District": 3
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Old Post Office: This iconic building played an important part in DC's historic preservation movement.
Designed by the federal Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury -- led at the time by Willoughby J. Edbrooke -- the Old Post Office is one of Washington’s significant Romanesque Revival…
National Archives Building: The National Archives serves as the repository of the most valuable and rare paper documents of the United States, such as the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.
Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, US government agencies and branches were responsible for maintaining their own documents, often resulting in the loss and destruction of…
Nathan Hale Statue: This statue commemorates Captain Nathan Hale, the first well-known martyr of the American Revolution.
American spy Captain Nathan Hale became the first famous martyr of the American Revolution when he was captured and later executed by the British in 1776. At the gallows, Hale gained renown through…