1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500
The Renwick Gallery is a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, located in Washington, D.C., and focuses on American craft and decorative arts from the 19th to the 21st century. It is housed in a National Historic Landmark building that was begun in 1859 on Pennsylvania Avenue and originally housed the Corcoran Gallery of Art (now one block from the White House and across the street from the Old Executive Office Building). When it was built in 1859, it was known as "the American Louvre".HistoryThe Renwick Gallery building was originally built to be Washington, D.C.'s first art museum and to house William Wilson Corcoran's collection of American and European art. The building was designed by James Renwick, Jr. and finally completed in 1874. It is located at 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Renwick designed it after the Louvre's Tuileries addition. At the time of its construction, it was known as "the American Louvre".
The President's Guest House, commonly known as Blair House, is a complex of four formerly separate buildings—Blair House, Lee House, Peter Parker House, and 704 Jackson Place—located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. A major interior renovation of these 19th century residences between the 1950s and 1980s resulted in their reconstitution as a single facility.The President's Guest House is one of several residences owned by the United States government for use by the President and Vice-President of the United States; other such residences include the White House, Camp David, One Observatory Circle, the Presidential Townhouse, and Trowbridge House. The President's Guest House has been called "the world's most exclusive hotel" because it is primarily used to host visiting dignitaries and other guests of the president. It is larger than the White House and, unlike that building, is closed to the public.NameStrictly speaking, "Blair House" refers to one of four existing structures that were merged to form a single building. The U.S. State Department generally uses the name Blair House to refer to the entire facility, saying, "Blair House is the building officially known as The President's Guest House." The General Services Administration refers to the entire complex as the "President's Guest House" and uses the name Blair House to denote the historic Blair House portion of the facility.
Located in the heart of the District, Asia DC delivers fresh and trendy styles. Whether it be providing intricate food dishes or intriguing nightlife, Asia DC delivers the best. This three level venue seats a wide variety of guests and introduces lounge style seating to give guests the most comfortable options. World renowned chefs offer a variety of Asian cuisine, while nightly entertainment delivers an experience known to be the best around the capital. The venue is perfect for fundraisers, galas, networking events, happy hours, and more!
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a United States government corporation providing deposit insurance to depositors in US banks. The FDIC was created by the 1933 Banking Act after the Great Depression to restore trust in the American banking system; more than one-third of banks failed in the years before the FDIC's creation, and bank runs were common. The insurance limit was initially US$2,500 per ownership category. Since the passage of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2011, the FDIC insures deposits in member banks up to US$250,000 per ownership category.The FDIC and its reserves are not funded by public funds; member banks' insurance dues are the FDIC's primary source of funding. The FDIC also has a US$100 billion line of credit with the United States Department of the Treasury. Only banks are insured by the FDIC; credit unions are insured up to the same insurance limit by the National Credit Union Administration, which is also a government agency., the FDIC provided deposit insurance at 6,638 institutions. The FDIC also examines and supervises certain financial institutions for safety and soundness, performs certain consumer-protection functions, and manages receiverships of failed banks.
The Zero Milestone is a zero mile marker monument in Washington, D.C. intended as the initial milestone from which all road distances in the United States should be reckoned when it was built. At present, only roads in the Washington, D.C. area have distances measured from it.LocationThe monument stands just south of the White House at the north edge of the Ellipse, within President's Park. Atop the monument is a bronze 16-point compass rose with a very small worn-down pyramid at its center whose top serves as a National Geodetic Survey benchmark (HV1847). Coordinates: (NAD83) Altitude: 8.382 m (27.50 ft) (NAVD88)DescriptionDesigned by Washington architect Horace W. Peaslee, the monolith is about 2 feet square and about 4 feet high. It is made of precambrian Milford granite from Milford, Massachusetts, light pinkish to greenish gray, with spots of black biotite mica. The bronze disk on top of the milestone is "an adaptation from ancient portolan charts of the so-called wind roses or compass roses from the points of which extended radial lines to all parts of the then known world—the prototype of the modern mariner's compass."
DC's longest running costumed ghost tour!Tour haunted Lafayette Square. Meet historic ghosts, hear ghost stories, local lore and eyewitness accounts. Someone wins a prize on every ghost tour. Special tour on Halloween Accessible and rain or shine $15 adults, $7.50 under 16 years. Military ID holders and their spouses are $7., Student ID Holders are $10, Govt ID holders are $12. Tickets at www.historicstrolls.com or from the guide. Tours begin October 7th, 2016 at 7:30 pm and run Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
The Ringgold-Carroll House is an historic residence located at 1801 F St Northwest, Washington, D.C. Built in 1825, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been adapted as office space by the Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired organization.HistoryIt was built in 1825 for Tench Ringgold, who was one of a three-member presidential commission charged with supervising the restoration of public buildings in the capital following the War of 1812 and burning by the British. He was also still serving as US Marshal in the District of Columbia, having first been appointed under the President James Monroe administration.From 1832-1833, Chief Justice John Marshall of the United States Supreme Court resided as a boarder with Ringgold in the house. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story also boarded there, and both men considered Ringgold a friend.In 1835, the house was sold, and a number of prominent people have since lived in the house, including William Thomas Carroll, a clerk at the Supreme Court, for whom the house is also named; Chief Justice Melville Fuller, Senator Joseph Medill McCormick, and Congressman Robert Low Bacon. The Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired (DACOR) organization now uses the house as office space, and a number of other organizations rent office space in the building as well. The historic property is open to the public only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. as the "Ringgold Museum".
Vigalante/Mercinary group made up of extraordinary individuals. We basically just find all the bad guys, take names, and kick some ass. If you have a unique power worthy to the Superf*cker organization, you can also be among us elite crimefighters. Now meet the originals... Man with the Plan: (Working Alias) My position is the Commanding General in Dumbledore's Infantry, Dumbledore being the only one I answer to. I wear a camoflauge uniform, in multiple shades of light and dark blues. My beret matches a darker shade of blue. I also wear brown boots and all my medals. My superpower is simply an unimaginably superintelligent mind. With that, I create serums and formulas for all other superpowers I may want. I always carry my Commando with the reflex sight and flamethrower attachment. Of course, the Commando is also camo blue. Using my supermind, I have developed an impervious forcefield that completely absorbs the energy from any weapon and just makes it disappear into oblivion. Umbra: My position is the Field Agent. I was tested on when I was a child and now I can break apart the cells of my body and reassemble them. So, essentially, I can walk through walls, go invisible, and teleport reasonable distances. Naturally, as a badass, I wear primarily black -- and I have an oversized katana that somehow manages to deflect bullets. Original drafts had me with a silenced pistol, but I've decided that it is much cooler to just teleport behind a guy and stab him, so no pistol. Hm. I'll be doing a fair amount of brooding, so I've got the brooding position covered. Oh! I almost forgot that I'm just as powerful as any character with mind powers because my body generates tachyons -- particles that travel backward through time, obscuring any vision of the future or any mind reading patterns. Beat that. Agent Orange: Position: The-Guy-With-The-One-Liners and general support My main ability is my Hoodie, which is an organic cloth parasite designed in a lab that can feed on organic matter and increase in size through cell and nanite reproduction and willpower. The Hoodie is not only fireproof and capable of changing structure, color, and quality based on enviroment, but it is also strong enough to keep itself intact under a barrage of bullets. If the Hoodie is torn or I am damaged, it gives me a healing factor and can repair us both by weaving itself back together. I can extend its threads to entrap, entangle, throw, and strangle my enemies. The Hoodie occasionally gets hungry, and feeds on whoever is wrapped up in it at the time. A section of cloth sepperated from me can survive for about 42 minutes, and can be programmed to do anything from suffocating an adversary in their sleep, to attatching itself to the clothing of someone else and leaving a pheromone trail that I can follow at a later time. Like the others on our team, I don't rely on my power exclusively. In my inventory is a nightstick, mace, pepperspray, jacks, a lock-pick kit, fireworks, wire cuters, barbed wire, handcuffs, , brass knuckles, various razor blades throughout my Hodie that can be thrown or just stick out to lascerate my foes, and candy. My Common Sense tingles when danger is arround, and that's pretty much it. Name: Asylum Position: Psycological warfare The name and costume says it all, dressed in a straitjacket, you know he's not in his right mind, and if you run into him, you won't be either. Not only are his sleaves stuffed full of throwing knives, he also has various tranquilizers. He has two mutant abilities, the first, being mild telepathy, allows him to both read basic emotions and vague thoughts from his enemies, and also "suggest" some ideas, ranging from falling asleep to committing suicide. His other ability is pheromone production, allowing him to speed up his mental suggestions and hypnotism. Fighting you from the inside as well as the outside, Asylum is a dangerous adversary. Name: Blacksmith Postition: Heavy Wearing a suit that could tackle a buffalo and withstand a speeding truck with minimul damage to the person inside, this teammate is the heavy weapons guy. Strapped to him are smoke grenades and flashbangs, a very large hammer, and various other weapons that can be taken off and used by his teammates. Blacksmith can be considered the suit's name, because the opperator doesn't need powers of his/her own. The suit is used only when it is needed and by any one of the Superf*ckers on a rotation list. When a heavy hitter is needed, Blacksmith is used. Name: Gator Position: Speed Fighter In hand to hand combat, Gator is unparalleled, give him a weapon, and he is unbeatable. Superior reflexes, instincts, training, and understanding of phisics allows him to turn nearly any object into a weapon of terrible efficientcy. Found when very young, he was recruited by our government to create a supersoldier. All attempts failed to improve him, but he didn't really need improving anyway.
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term White House is often used to refer to actions of the president and his advisers, as in "The White House announced that...".The house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia Creek sandstone in the Neoclassical style. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) added low colonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Construction continued with the addition of the semi-circular South portico in 1824 and the North portico in 1829.
In this age of blatant mainstream media bias in which only the Presidential candidates who will serve the Establishment (and not the people) get any kind of coverage, Dr. Paul's grassroots campaign is something truly extraordinary. With next to no donations coming from Wall Street or the big banks, Dr. Paul's 2012 campaign really has been one of the people. His recent strong straw and online-poll numbers are proof that Americans are ready for REAL change. Through the help of social media tools such as Facebook, the message of Liberty is spreading fast! Please help spread the word and share this page!