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named after the first president
of the United States. George
Washington is the largest
university in Washington,
DC. There are nine schools
offering both undergraduate
and graduate studies. Strong
subjects on offer include
International Affairs, Business
Adminis tration, Medicine,
Law, and Political Science.
As a result of its location, The distinctive curved walls of the infamous Watergate Complex
the university has many famous
alumni, including General Colin York City. The church was placed i Watergate
Powell (US Secretary of State in on the city’s register of protected Complex
George W. Bush’s administration) historic buildings in 1972.
and Jacqueline Bouvier (who Virginia Ave between Rock Creek
married John Kennedy) as well u Washington Parkway and New Hampshire Ave, NW.
Map 2 D3. q Foggy Bottom-GWU. 7
as a number of children of past
presidents, including Lynda Circle Located next to The Kennedy
Johnson, Margaret Truman, Map 2 E3. q Foggy Bottom-GWU. Center (see pp120–21), on the
and D. Jeffrey Carter. Potomac River, the impressive,
The on-campus Lisner, Morton One of several circles and Italian-designed Watergate
and Betts auditoriums host a squares created by Pierre Complex was completed in
series of plays, dances, lectures, L’Enfant’s original design 1971. The four rounded buildings
and concerts. of the city (see p21), that make up the complex were
Washington Circle lies at designed to contain shops,
the northern edge of Foggy offices, apartments, hotels,
Bottom. It forms the point and diplomatic missions.
where Pennsylvania Avenue In 1972 the complex found
and New Hampshire Avenue itself at the center of international
meet K Street and 23rd Street. news. Burglars, linked to President
The circle boasts an imposing Nixon, broke into the offices
bronze statue of George of the Democratic National
Washington astride his horse, Committee, sparking off the
designed by artist Clark Mills Watergate scandal that led to
and unveiled in 1860. The the president’s resignation.
statue faces east, looking The complex has undergone
toward the White House a massive renovation, with a
and the US Capitol. boutique hotel opening in 2016.

The Watergate Scandal
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, built for
freed slaves On June 17, 1972, during the US presidential campaign, five men
were arrested for breaking into the Democratic Party headquarters
y St. Mary’s in the Watergate Complex. The burglars were employed by the re-
election organization of President Richard Nixon, a Republican.
Episcopal Church Found guilty of burglary and
attempting to bug telephones,
728 23rd St, NW. Map 2 E3. Tel (202) the men were not initially linked
333-3985. q Foggy Bottom-GWU. to the White House. However,
Open 9:30am–3pm Mon–Thu. further investigation, led by
5 10am Sun, 12:10pm Wed. 7 Washington Post reporters
∑ stmarysfoggybottom.org Woodward and Bernstein,
uncovered the extent of
Opened on January 20, 1887, the President’s involvement,
the red-brick, Gothic St. Mary’s including the possession
Episcopal Church was the first of incriminating tapes and
church in Washington to be proven bribery. This led to
built specifically for freed slaves. an impeachment hearing,
St Mary’s was designed by but before Nixon could be
James Renwick, the architect impeached, he resigned.
of the Renwick Gallery (see p115), President Nixon addressing the Vice-President Gerald Ford
the Smithsonian Castle (see p74), nation while still in office succeeded him.
and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New

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