News88 Blog Of The Day 05/20/2005: Part 4 Of 8 Paragraph Essay: WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Please refer back to the blog of the day for 03/05/2005. Saturday, March 05, 2005 for your information, for more information.

Yesterdays blog: Part 3 Of 8 Paragraph Essay: WASHINGTON, D.C.
Todays blog: Part 4 Of 8 Paragraph Essay: WASHINGTON, D.C.
Tomorrows blog: Part 5 Of 8 Paragraph Essay: WASHINGTON, D.C.

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The city was planned and partly laid out by Maj. Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French engineer. This work was perfected and completed by Maj. Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Banneker, a freeborn black man who was an astronomer and mathematician. In 1814, during the War of 1812, a British force burned the capital including the White House.

TO BE CONTINUED..........................

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P.S.S. Source of this article: Time Almanac 2005. Washington, D.C. has already been covered with the link to Politics1 Washington, D.C. page, Congress.org Washington, D.C. links on their states map, and also Wikipedia. Sorry, and Thanks!