the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia | the federal government of the United States |
an electric current that flows in one direction steadily | a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific with capital Olympia |
| the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791 |
| 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) |
| United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915) |