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border: 2px solid silver; margin: 0 0 .5em .5em; width: 200px;"> <div style="background-color: #e7ece6; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; padding: .3em;"><b>The District of Columbia</b> <b></b></div> <center><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Washington,_D.C.svg" class="image"><img alt="Flag of Washington, D.C.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Washington%2C_D.C.svg/195px-Flag_of_Washington%2C_D.C.svg.png" decoding="async" width="195" height="98" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Washington%2C_D.C.svg/293px-Flag_of_Washington%2C_D.C.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Washington%2C_D.C.svg/390px-Flag_of_Washington%2C_D.C.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1000" /></a></center> <table class="collapsible collapsed" style="width: 200px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: #e8e7f2;"><b>Demographics</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population" class="extiw" title="wp:List of U.S. states by population" rel="nofollow">Population</a>: </td> <td>705,749 (city) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_(nominal)" class="extiw" title="wp:List of U.S. states by GDP (nominal)" rel="nofollow">GDP (million)</a>: </td> <td>144,653 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita" class="extiw" title="wp:List of U.S. states by GDP (nominal) per capita" rel="nofollow">GDP p/cap.</a>: </td> <td>191,445 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_religiosity" class="extiw" title="wp:List of U.S. states and territories by religiosity" rel="nofollow">% religious</a>: </td> <td>53 </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a href="/wiki/File:2009_DC_Proof.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/2009_DC_Proof.png/180px-2009_DC_Proof.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="181" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/2009_DC_Proof.png/270px-2009_DC_Proof.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/2009_DC_Proof.png/360px-2009_DC_Proof.png 2x" data-file-width="1078" data-file-height="1081" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:2009_DC_Proof.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>It took this long for there to be a US coin featuring a black person.</div></div></div> <div role="note" class="hatnote">Technically, DC is a federal district, but it fits best in the territory category.</div><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:167px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Washington_D.C.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/9/9c/Washington_D.C.jpg/165px-Washington_D.C.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="108" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/thumb/9/9c/Washington_D.C.jpg/248px-Washington_D.C.jpg 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/9/9c/Washington_D.C.jpg/330px-Washington_D.C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="524" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Washington_D.C.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>US Capitol Building, infamous <a href="/wiki/Reptilian" class="mw-redirect" title="Reptilian">reptilian</a> lair!</div></div></div> <table class="infobox" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 0.5em 0.5em; text-align:left; border: 1px solid #1E90FF; width:175px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center; color:White; background-color:#1E90FF"><b>God, guns, and freedom</b><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_politics" title="United States politics"><font size="4" color="White"><b>U.S. Politics</b></font></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#97DEFF;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Category:United_States_politics" title="Category:United States politics"><img alt="Icon politics USA.svg" src="/w/images/thumb/8/8b/Icon_politics_USA.svg/100px-Icon_politics_USA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" srcset="/w/images/thumb/8/8b/Icon_politics_USA.svg/150px-Icon_politics_USA.svg.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/8/8b/Icon_politics_USA.svg/200px-Icon_politics_USA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:White; background-color:#1E90FF; text-align:center;"><b>Starting arguments over Thanksgiving dinner</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#97DEFF;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republican_In_Name_Only" title="Republican In Name Only">Republican In Name Only</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election" title="1992 United States presidential election">1992 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission" title="Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission">Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Huckabee" title="Mike Huckabee">Mike Huckabee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_King" title="Steve King">Steve King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Boebert" title="Lauren Boebert">Lauren Boebert</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:white; background-color:#1E90FF; text-align:center;"><b>Persons of interest</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#97DEFF;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Seth_Rich" title="Murder of Seth Rich">Murder of Seth Rich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Akin" title="Todd Akin">Todd Akin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Anderson" title="Rocky Anderson">Rocky Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke" title="Beto O'Rourke">Beto O'Rourke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison" title="William Henry Harrison">William Henry Harrison</a></li></ul> <div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Uspolitics" title="Template:Uspolitics">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Uspolitics" title="Template talk:Uspolitics">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Uspolitics&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>We are the perfect team for Washington DC, since we spend wildly ludicrous sums of money on flashy things while ignoring the long-term structural issues that will eventually cripple us. The only difference is that America gets to hold Presidential elections every four years.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—<i>Deadspin</i>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2014-washington-redskins-1629678313">"Why Your Team Sucks 2014: Washington Redskins"</a></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—<i>Obi-Wan Kenobi</i></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Washington, D.C.</b> (<b>District of Columbia</b>), usually referred to as just "<b>DC</b>" or "<b>The District</b>" (by those in the DC Metro area) or "Washington"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[note 1]</a></sup> is a federal district wedged between <a href="/wiki/Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia">northern Virginia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> which serves as the capital of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. The <a href="/wiki/White_House" class="mw-redirect" title="White House">Executive offices</a>, <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Congress">Legislative Capitol Building</a> are all located there. </p><p>Politicians actually spend very little time in Washington. In the past, Democrats and Republicans went to school together, their kids played ball together, you saw him outside of work with his mutual friends, you went to events together. As congressmen spend less and less time on the Hill, work weeks got shorter and shorter, and now each time these guys interact, it's in a fight. They see each other as the Enemy and that seeps down to their constituencies. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Washington:_the_swamp_anomaly"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Washington: the swamp anomaly</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Nicknames"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Nicknames</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#The_site_of_major_.28and_minor.29_protests"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">The site of major (and minor) protests</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Possible_statehood.3F"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Possible statehood?</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Arguments_against"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Arguments against</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#It.27s_too_small"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">It's too small</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#It.27s_unconstitutional"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">It's unconstitutional</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Democrats_just_want_votes"><span class="tocnumber">4.1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Democrats just want votes</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Notable_imports"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Notable imports</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Notable_exports"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notable exports</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Gallery"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Gallery</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Washington:_the_swamp_anomaly">Washington: the swamp anomaly</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Washington: the swamp anomaly">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Of all detestable places, Washington is the first. Crowd, heat, bad quarters, bad fare, bad smells, mosquitoes, and a plague of flies transcending everything within my experience. <a href="/wiki/Beelzebub" class="mw-redirect" title="Beelzebub">Beelzebub</a> surely reigns here, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_InterContinental_Washington" class="extiw" title="wp:Willard InterContinental Washington" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Willard_InterContinental_Washington">Willard's Hotel</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> is his temple.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Templeton_Strong" class="extiw" title="wp:George Templeton Strong" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: George Templeton Strong">George Templeton Strong</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[1]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Washington is an exception in many ways: </p> <ul><li>It has no voting representation in the Congress, despite clearly being a part of the U.S. In spite of this, due to the 23rd Amendment it still has three votes in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" title="United States Electoral College">Electoral College</a>, as if it <i>were</i> a small state; before the 23rd Amendment, residents wanting to vote had to register in either <a href="/wiki/Fun:Virginia" title="Fun:Virginia">Virginia</a> or <a href="/wiki/Fun:Maryland" title="Fun:Maryland">Maryland</a>. It has one representative, but they do not have any voting power on the House floor, and it has no senators because it is not a state. The <s>secret</s> real reason that this is not changed is because it would mean more votes for <a href="/wiki/Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Democrats">Democrats</a>, according to <a href="/wiki/John_Kasich" title="John Kasich">John Kasich</a> (they voted for the Democrats by over 85% in 1984).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[2]</a></sup></li> <li>It is a planned city on a coast renowned for horribly <i>unplanned</i> cities<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[note 2]</a></sup> (with the exception of <a href="/wiki/NYC" class="mw-redirect" title="NYC">Manhattan</a> and semi-exception of <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a>). This, however, doesn't make much difference as the downtown grid is covered with avenues slashing across at odd angles, turning a sensible layout into an insane patchwork of zig-zags. There is a <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C._street_design_conspiracy_theory" title="Washington, D.C. street design conspiracy theory">conspiracy theory</a> about this odd layout. A famous urban legend that claims the streets were designed to confuse invading armies is also <a href="/wiki/Bullshit" title="Bullshit">Bullshit</a>.</li> <li>It is literally built on a swamp, making for really nasty humidity in the summer. It used to be a breeding ground for typhoid fever, which sickened several presidents caught and killed one (William Henry Harrison, who contrary to popular belief did <i>not</i> die from the cold weather because he gave the longest inaugural address in American history).</li> <li>Despite enormous amounts of <a href="/wiki/Money" title="Money">money</a> passing through it, a majority of its inhabitants are <a href="/wiki/Poor" class="mw-redirect" title="Poor">poor</a> minorities.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Unification_Church" title="Unification Church">Moonies</a> own one of their two daily <a href="/wiki/Washington_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Times">newspapers</a> and the guy who founded <a href="/wiki/Amazon" title="Amazon">Amazon</a> owns <a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">the other</a>.</li> <li>If you look at a map showing D.C. and its surrounding area, you will notice that Washington along with the cities of Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia, look like a diamond road sign.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[note 3]</a></sup> This is because in its original plan the District of Columbia straddled the Potomac River with Arlington and Alexandria incorporated into the District. These cities were returned to Virginia on 9 July 1846 for <a href="/wiki/Slavery" title="Slavery">exactly the reason you'd suspect</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[4]</a></sup></li> <li>It is the only city directly ruled by the federal government in the entire US. Many think that the reason is the same as its lack of Congressional representation: they would be ruled by the Democrats.</li> <li>FedEx Field is closer to Baltimore than D.C. If you know your Washington Pigskins, Jack Kent Cooke wanted to get a new stadium before he died, but public money was out of the question, so he built a bare bones stadium and named it after himself. The heiress, Jacquline Kent Cooke (when you wanted a son but biology didn't cooperate), really needed that tax break. No wonder she is beating peasants over the head with a glass handbag.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[5]</a></sup></li> <li>Washington, D.C. has a population of 658,893 crammed within 61.4 miles², not including a daily influx of 5,358,282 visitors attempting to photograph the cherry blossoms.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[6]</a></sup></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Nicknames">Nicknames</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Nicknames">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li>D.C.</li> <li>The Beltway, after Interstate 495 which encircles both the city and wealthy environs like Bethesda, Maryland and Alexandria, Virginia, home to huge numbers of federal contractors and <a href="/wiki/Lobbyist" class="mw-redirect" title="Lobbyist">lobbyists</a></li> <li>That stinking hole of corruption and depravity</li> <li>Mordor</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Imperialism" title="Imperialism">Imperial</a> Core</li></ul> <h2><span id="The_site_of_major_(and_minor)_protests"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="The_site_of_major_.28and_minor.29_protests">The site of major (and minor) protests</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The site of major (and minor) protests">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:224px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Wash_D.C._protest.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/d/d7/Wash_D.C._protest.jpg/222px-Wash_D.C._protest.jpg" decoding="async" width="222" height="158" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/thumb/d/d7/Wash_D.C._protest.jpg/333px-Wash_D.C._protest.jpg 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/d/d7/Wash_D.C._protest.jpg/444px-Wash_D.C._protest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1201" data-file-height="855" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Wash_D.C._protest.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>United Auto Workers, Sept 19, 1981</div></div></div> <p>Over the decades, Washington D.C. has been the site of major protests and marches. This includes: </p> <ul><li>June/July 1932 - Bonus Army. <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> veterans marched and protested to demand the payment of their bonus from WWI early, which was not due then until 1945 but badly needed during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>. Some of the Bonus Army marchers stuck around in makeshift camps and wouldn't leave until late July when troops led by soon-to-be-<a href="/wiki/WWII" class="mw-redirect" title="WWII">WWII</a>-heroes Gens. MacArthur and Patton (with an obscure major named <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Eisenhower" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Eisenhower">Dwight Eisenhower</a> as aide-de-camp) forcibly evicted them with bayonets and riot control gas. President <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> ordered the assault stopped but MacArthur, <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">in a sign of things to come</a>, ignored him.</li> <li>August 28, 1963 - March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This is where <a href="/wiki/MLK" class="mw-redirect" title="MLK">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> gave his "I Have a Dream" speech (probably the most important <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Rights">Civil Rights</a> march in the US <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a>).</li> <li>November 15, 1969 - National Mobilization to <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">End the War</a>. <a href="/wiki/Anti-war" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-war">Anti-war</a> groups from across the nation came to D.C. to march, <a href="/wiki/Hippie" class="mw-redirect" title="Hippie">party</a>, and get gassed (both <a href="/wiki/Drugs" class="mw-redirect" title="Drugs">by their own doing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Police_brutality" title="Police brutality">by the cops</a>...), though not necessary in that order, protesting the war in Vietnam.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[7]</a></sup></li> <li>September 19, 1981 - Solidarity Day March. Various <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">union</a> groups organized a march to protest what would eventually be mocked as <a href="/wiki/Reaganomics" class="mw-redirect" title="Reaganomics">Reaganomics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[8]</a></sup></li> <li>March 26, 1991 - A wide variety of anti-war, union, and worker groups came to protest against U.S. involvement in the First Bush Gulf War.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[9]</a></sup></li> <li>October 16, 1995 - Million Man March, organized by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Farrakhan" title="Louis Farrakhan">Louis Farrakhan</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Nation_of_Islam" title="Nation of Islam">Nation of Islam</a> (may not have actually had one million men show up).</li> <li>October 4, 1997 - <a href="/wiki/Promise_Keepers" title="Promise Keepers">Promise Keepers</a> shows up at the mall to "<a href="/wiki/Spiritual_warfare" title="Spiritual warfare">Stand in the Gap</a>" and promise to, well, something. Nobody is quite sure what but it had something to do with <a href="/wiki/Religious_Right" title="Religious Right">this</a>.</li> <li>2002-2007 - Too many protests to count against the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> organized by one of two rival anti-war groups, the ANSWER coalition and United for Peace and Justice. Several of these were quite large and drew in excess of 100,000 people. The ANSWER protests drew criticism for their lineup of flaky speakers trying to inject every other possible issue into the protest ("free the <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuban</a> Five", "independence for <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>", "free Mumia", <a href="/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine">Palestinian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Undocumented_immigration" title="Undocumented immigration">immigrant</a> rights issues, <i>ad nauseam</i>) instead of keeping it focused on opposing the war. The more mainstream UFPJ's protests were better received.</li> <li>September 12, 2009 - <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Tea Party">Tea Partiers</a> show up en masse to <a href="/wiki/LSD" title="LSD">party</a>. Organizers make <a href="/wiki/Delusions_of_grandeur" title="Delusions of grandeur">wild claims</a> of 600,000 to 2 million in attendance, but the D.C. Fire Department estimated 60,000 to "in excess of 75,000." The date was based on the 9/12 Movement, one of <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Beck" title="Glenn Beck">Glenn Beck</a>'s concoctions.</li> <li>April 12th-16th, 2016 - Democracy Spring, a grassroots march from Philadelphia, <a href="/wiki/PA" class="mw-redirect" title="PA">PA</a> to Washington D.C., occurs protesting for stronger campaign finance laws. It turns out approximately 4,000 people and results in 1,200 arrests for civil disobedience.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[10]</a></sup></li> <li>April 16th-19th, 2016 - Democracy Awakening, a mass mobilization of nearly 300 organizations, demand the restoration of the <a href="/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act" title="Voting Rights Act">Voting Rights Act</a> and campaign finance reform.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[11]</a></sup></li> <li>January 21st, 2017 - The Women's March on Washington, the largest protest in American history and proof that Trump's inauguration drew more crowds than Obama.</li> <li>January 6, 2021 - <a href="/wiki/2021_U.S._Capitol_riot" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 U.S. Capitol riot">2021 U.S. Capitol riot</a>, an insurrection by racists, fascists, conspiracy theorists, and other Trump supporters in an attempt to overturn Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election. Trump himself told the rioters to "fight like hell," while Rudy Giuliani called for "trial by combat."</li></ul> <h2><span id="Possible_statehood?"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Possible_statehood.3F">Possible statehood?</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Possible statehood?">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>I was born without representation, but I swear — I will not die without representation. Together, we will achieve DC statehood, and when we do, we will look back on this day and remember all who stood with us on the right side of history.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—DC Mayor Muriel E. Bowser in 2020<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[12]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>DC statehood has been a popular idea among its residents for generations, but it's only now that the idea of DC statehood is starting to be taken more seriously. DC can vote for president per the 23rd Amendment, but they have no representation in Congress aside from a non-voting delegate despite DC residents paying federal income taxes like everyone else. The Trump administration made things feel even more urgent, as many residents were upset with incidents such as police using tear gas on protesters just so Trump could take a photo op in front of a church. Currently, DC elects two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Senator" class="extiw" title="wp:Shadow Senator" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Shadow Senator">shadow Senators</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[note 4]</a></sup> and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shadow_Representative" class="extiw" title="wp:shadow Representative" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: shadow Representative">shadow Representative</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> which they vote on as if they were a state but have no real power (<a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> does this too). The House passed a bill in 2020 promoting DC statehood,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[13]</a></sup> but thanks to <a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a> it was never voted on. The bill would have also renamed DC into the "Douglass Commonwealth" after famous abolitionist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass" class="extiw" title="wp:Frederick Douglass" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Frederick Douglass">Frederick Douglass</span></a>.<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[note 5]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Arguments_against">Arguments against</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Arguments against">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <h4><span id="It's_too_small"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="It.27s_too_small">It's too small</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: It's too small">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>Currently, <a href="/wiki/Wyoming" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> both have lower populations than DC, with <a href="/wiki/Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> not too far ahead. Plus, the Northwest Ordinance standardized the minimum state population as 60,000, and DC has well over that (plus Congress could ignore that anyway as they did with <a href="/wiki/Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>). It would be by far the smallest state by land area, being a seventeenth of the size of Rhode Island, but there is no precedent for something having too little land area to become a state. </p> <h4><span id="It's_unconstitutional"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="It.27s_unconstitutional">It's unconstitutional</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: It's unconstitutional">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>This is incorrect. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, which designates that there must be a federal district for the seat of government, only specifies the maximum size, not the minimum size, and Congress already proved that changing DC's shape doesn't violate the Constitution when they gave Arlington to Virginia. DC statehood will still leave the Capitol Building, the White House, the National Mall, etc. in the federal district. Others, like the <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Heritage Foundation">Heritage Foundation</a>, assert that the 23rd Amendment prevents statehood by making the federal district a permanent electoral entity. However, this doesn't prevent Congress from changing the size of the district, and the amendment allows the electoral votes from the federal district to be appointed "in such manner as Congress may direct". So even if DC statehood results in the remainder of the district having three electoral votes, Congress can just pass a law that will give those electoral votes to whoever would have won the election if those votes weren't there, and then those votes will have absolutely no impact on the presidential election. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Democrats_just_want_votes"><a href="/wiki/Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Democrats">Democrats</a> just want votes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Democrats just want votes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>This is the main argument used. Ever since DC was allowed to vote in presidential elections in 1964, DC has always gone to a Democrat by an overwhelming amount. Even in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_U.S._presidential_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984 U.S. presidential election (page does not exist)">1984 U.S. presidential election</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> won 49 states and only lost <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> by around one percent, DC still voted for Mondale by an over 70% margin. No Republican has even won 10% of D.C.'s vote since <a href="/wiki/George_H.W._Bush" class="mw-redirect" title="George H.W. Bush">George H.W. Bush</a> in <a href="/wiki/1988_U.S._presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 U.S. presidential election">1988</a>. Because DC statehood will mean basically two permanent Democratic Senators, most Republicans will always claim that DC statehood is a nefarious plot by the Democrats to rig the Senate in their favor. </p><p>However, this ignores the myriad of nonpartisan reasons why statehood would be desirable for DC, as well as the overwhelming majority of DC residents that would prefer DC statehood. The partisanship of a state shouldn't even be a factor as to whether or not it should be a state. You don't see any Democrats saying that Wyoming shouldn't be a state because it always votes Republican or that the Dakotas should be merged to promote fairer representation. Besides, adding a state because it will benefit a political party is nothing new in American politics - many states in the West were added to boost Republicans' electoral chances.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[14]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notable_imports">Notable imports</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable imports">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li>Slugs commuting in from Fake Virginia and Maryland</li> <li>Your <a href="/wiki/Tax" title="Tax">tax</a> dollars</li> <li>Protesters</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notable_exports">Notable exports</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable exports">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li>Duke Ellington, famous jazz musician and composer who is featured on their quarter</li> <li>Minor Threat, <a href="/wiki/Punk" title="Punk">punk</a> band and inspiration for the <a href="/wiki/Straight_edge" title="Straight edge">straight edge</a> movement</li> <li>Bad Brains, an awesome hardcore punk band</li> <li>Fugazi, and almost everybody on Dischord Records</li> <li>Angel, worst hair metal band ever, who may be better known for <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a> spoofing them than for their music.</li> <li>The Blackbyrds, a pretty good R&B vocal group from the 1970s ("Walking in Rhythm," "Rock Creek Park")</li> <li>Thievery Corporation, a decent lounge-downtempo "conglomeration". Given the legal status of cannabis in DC, it's no coincidence most of their fans are also stoners.</li> <li>Urban Verbs. Calling them a Talking Heads imitation isn't fair. After all, Talking Heads were from New York, Urban Verbs were from D.C.</li> <li>Frequent scandals and the like</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Gallery">Gallery</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gallery">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <center><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:64px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington,_DC,_January_2021.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington%2C_DC%2C_January_2021.jpg/225px-Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington%2C_DC%2C_January_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="127" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington%2C_DC%2C_January_2021.jpg/338px-Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington%2C_DC%2C_January_2021.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington%2C_DC%2C_January_2021.jpg/450px-Colorado_National_Guard_soldiers_in_Washington%2C_DC%2C_January_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="720" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><a href="/wiki/Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> National Guard soldiers in front of the Washington Monument. They were sent to protect the Capitol after the events of 1/6. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:48px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:2020.06.03_Protesting_the_Murder_of_George_Floyd,_Washington,_DC_USA_155_50203.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/2020.06.03_Protesting_the_Murder_of_George_Floyd%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_155_50203.jpg/225px-2020.06.03_Protesting_the_Murder_of_George_Floyd%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_155_50203.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="159" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/2020.06.03_Protesting_the_Murder_of_George_Floyd%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_155_50203.jpg/338px-2020.06.03_Protesting_the_Murder_of_George_Floyd%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_155_50203.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/2020.06.03_Protesting_the_Murder_of_George_Floyd%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_155_50203.jpg/450px-2020.06.03_Protesting_the_Murder_of_George_Floyd%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_155_50203.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5077" data-file-height="3591" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>George Floyd protests. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:43px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Smithsonian_Institution_Building,_Washington_DC_-_panoramio_(1).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Smithsonian_Institution_Building%2C_Washington_DC_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/225px-Smithsonian_Institution_Building%2C_Washington_DC_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="169" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Smithsonian_Institution_Building%2C_Washington_DC_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/338px-Smithsonian_Institution_Building%2C_Washington_DC_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Smithsonian_Institution_Building%2C_Washington_DC_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/450px-Smithsonian_Institution_Building%2C_Washington_DC_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2170" data-file-height="1627" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>The Smithsonian Institution. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:46.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Washington_DC_Skyline.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Washington_DC_Skyline.jpg/225px-Washington_DC_Skyline.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="162" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Washington_DC_Skyline.jpg/338px-Washington_DC_Skyline.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Washington_DC_Skyline.jpg/450px-Washington_DC_Skyline.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2102" data-file-height="1511" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>The DC skyline. No building is allowed to be taller than the Washington monument. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:54.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Cherry_Blossoms_and_Washington_Monument.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Cherry_Blossoms_and_Washington_Monument.jpg/225px-Cherry_Blossoms_and_Washington_Monument.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="146" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Cherry_Blossoms_and_Washington_Monument.jpg/338px-Cherry_Blossoms_and_Washington_Monument.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Cherry_Blossoms_and_Washington_Monument.jpg/450px-Cherry_Blossoms_and_Washington_Monument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2283" data-file-height="1479" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>The cherry blossoms that were a gift from <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Abraham_Lincoln_v2.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Abraham_Lincoln_v2.jpg/214px-Abraham_Lincoln_v2.jpg" decoding="async" width="214" height="225" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Abraham_Lincoln_v2.jpg/321px-Abraham_Lincoln_v2.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Abraham_Lincoln_v2.jpg/428px-Abraham_Lincoln_v2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2672" data-file-height="2812" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>The Lincoln Memorial. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:52.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial_in_DC.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial_in_DC.jpg/225px-Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial_in_DC.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="150" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial_in_DC.jpg/338px-Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial_in_DC.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial_in_DC.jpg/450px-Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial_in_DC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5779" data-file-height="3853" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>The Vietnam Wall. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:62px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Wreath_Presenters_WWII_Mem.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Wreath_Presenters_WWII_Mem.jpg/225px-Wreath_Presenters_WWII_Mem.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="131" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Wreath_Presenters_WWII_Mem.jpg/338px-Wreath_Presenters_WWII_Mem.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Wreath_Presenters_WWII_Mem.jpg/450px-Wreath_Presenters_WWII_Mem.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="700" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Wreath presenters from 30 Allied countries at the WWII memorial. </p> </div> </div></li> </ul></center> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London" class="mw-redirect" title="London">London</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Christian_Post" title="The Christian Post">The Christian Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Times">Washington Times</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watergate" class="mw-redirect" title="Watergate">Watergate</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">By the unwashed heathens in other, lesser parts of the country, except for <a href="/wiki/Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington">that state in the Pacific Northwest</a> and its neighbors <a href="/wiki/Oregon" class="mw-redirect" title="Oregon">to the south</a> and <a href="/wiki/Idaho" class="mw-redirect" title="Idaho">to the east</a>, where people use "Washington" when referring to <i>The State of</i>, and "D.C." for <i>That One-Time Malarial Swamp on the Banks of the Potomac.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See, Boston, which city's roads were laid out on random cowpaths, according to local legend.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">It is a perfect square. Each side is ten miles (16 km) long.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">One of them, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Strauss" class="extiw" title="wp:Paul Strauss" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Paul Strauss">Paul Strauss</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> successfully petitioned the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrepresented_Nations_and_Peoples_Organization" class="extiw" title="wp:Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization">Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> to add DC as a participant due to its lack of statehood, making it now listed alongside places like <a href="/wiki/Uighur_genocide" class="mw-redirect" title="Uighur genocide">Xinjiang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somaliland</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Political_correctness" title="Political correctness">Political correctness</a> isn't the only reason they're doing this - as they want to be a state and not a federal district, they'd need to drop the "District" from their name.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ken Burns' <i>The Civil War</i>, S01E02</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/kasich-makes-mistake-accidentally-telling-the-truth">Kasich makes a mistake by accidentally telling the truth</a> by Steve Benen (04/22/16 10:02 AM) <i>MSNBC</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" class="extiw" title="wp:Arlington County, Virginia" rel="nofollow">Arlington County, Virginia</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" class="extiw" title="wp:Alexandria, Virginia" rel="nofollow">Alexandria, Virginia</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Andrews-Dyer, Helena, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/01/04/socialite-jacqueline-kent-cooke-charged-after-alleged-assault-with-a-300-purse/?utm_term=.3967bbded3f7">"Socialite Jacqueline Kent Cooke charged after alleged assault with a $300 glass purse"</a>, WaPo 4 January 2018. Who would expect slurs and violence coming from the Redskins family?</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2014/tables/NST-EST2014-01.csv">http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2014/tables/NST-EST2014-01.csv</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Moratorium">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Moratorium</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_Day_march">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_Day_march</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RebIWW2.jpg">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RebIWW2.jpg</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/16/hundreds-democracy-spring-protesters-arrested-dc/83123326/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/16/hundreds-democracy-spring-protesters-arrested-dc/83123326/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.naacp.org/press/entry/democracy-awakening-and-congress-of-conscience-conclude-with-thousands-dema">http://www.naacp.org/press/entry/democracy-awakening-and-congress-of-conscience-conclude-with-thousands-dema</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mayor.dc.gov/release/statement-house-passage-hr-51">Statement on House Passage of H.R. 51</a> (June 26, 2020) <i>Government of the District of Columbia</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Grace Segers, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-dc-statehood-house-approves-measure-51st-state/">House approves measure to make Washington, D.C. a state</a>, CBS News 26 Jun. 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span 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