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Regarded as the founder of American landscape architecture, Frederick Law...
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Beginning Monday, September 10, 2012, the lower terrace of the West Front of...
The United States Capitol is located in Washington, D.C., at the eastern end of the National Mall on a plateau 88 feet above the level of the Potomac River, commanding a westward view across the Capitol Reflecting Pool to the Washington Monument 1.4 miles away and the Lincoln Memorial 2.2 miles away.