30 Minutes Away
Take a train, car or bus to visit our Nation’s capital.
National Anthem
Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Georgetown who wrote the lyrics to the United States’ national anthem.” The Star-Spangled Banner”
Source: http://www.biography.com/people/francis-scott-key-9364165#synopsis
Library of Epic Porportions
Library of Congress is the largest library in the world with 535 miles of bookshelves and the Reading Room alone houses 45,000 reference books.
Source: http://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-washington-d-c/
World Largest Aircraft
The Lunar Rover, the vehicle used by astronauts on the moon was made by Boeing, the world’s largest aircraft maker located in Washington, D.C. Everett is the site of the world’s largest building, Boeing’s final assembly plant.
Source: http://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-washington-d-c/
Darth Vader Adorns the National Cathedral
Seems strange, but one of the carvings on the National Cathedral is actually of Darth Vader. These carvings are known as grotesques, not gargoyles. Gargoyles spout water when it rains, while grotesques are just decorations.
Source: https://www.newscastic.com/news/13-strange-and-weird-d-c-facts-2495317/
The Missing Streets
The streets of Washington, D.C. are set-up in a grid like pattern of letters and numbers. But you may or may not know that between the lettered streets of “I” and “K”, there is no “J, X, Y, & Z Street”. When the colonists were planning the streets, the “J” alphabet wasn’t quite finished yet.
Source: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/13042023/why-are-there-no-j-x-y-and-z-streets
