The Story of the District of Columbia In 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 District of Columbia landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the the nation's capital. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Kit houses... power breakfasts... cherry trees... height restrictions...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Wake Robin Golf Club... starched shirts... Streamline moderne... the</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Beatles... the CCC... concrete bridges... Crystal Heights... the gold-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>en age of motoring... canals... early aviation... banana bread... public</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>hangings... apartments... Black Broadway... strip malls... brick kilns...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>5-cent cigars... sculls... the Ellis Island of Washington... This book will</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>have you telling stories like a native in no time.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>make Washington D.C. uniquely Washington D.C. Why is Georgetown</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the Hoyas? Solved. What are those Corinthian columns at the National</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Arboretum? A mystery no more. What was the Presidential airplane</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>before Air Force One? Identified. Where was Suter's Tavern? No one</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>really knows.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only the District of Columbia can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the District of Columbia standing in plain sight on DC streets!</span></p><p></p>