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Twachtman, John Henry 102 Warner Theatre 97 White House (cont.)
Twilight Tattoo Military Pageant 38 Warren, Earl 31 White House Fall Garden Tours 40
Tyler, John 28 Washington, George 28, 117, 166 White House Spring Garden Tours
Alexandria Academy 153 38
U becomes president 20 The White House and Foggy
U Street NW 138 Birthday 41, 153 Bottom 107–21
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial 51 Cameron Street house 153 area map 107
Street-by-Street map 46 Christ Church (Old Town hotels 177–9
Union Station 25, 55 Alexandria) 161 restaurants 185–7
United Nations, Founding of 129 creation of Washington 20, 21 Street-by-Street map 108–9
United States of America death 152, 160 Whiteoak Canyon
map 14–15 Farmers Market (Old Town Skyline Drive tour 167
Universities Alexandria) 161 Whitman, Walt 23, 96
George Washington University Gadsby’s Tavern 160 Wildlife
118–19 George Washington University 119 Assateague 169
Georgetown University 128, 151 The Mall 69 Rock Creek Park 143
Howard University 146 Mount Vernon Estate 13, 157, 162–3 Shenandoah National Park 157, 158
US Botanic Garden 54 National Portrait Gallery 103 Theodore Roosevelt Island 135
Street-by-Street map 46 Old Stone House 126 see also Aquariums; Zoos
US Capitol 31, 44, 52–3 portraits of 18, 21, 103 Willard, Henry 97
Great days in Washington, DC 12, 13 Society of Cincinnati 149 Willard Hotel 97
history 23 Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary William Paca House (Annapolis) 164
Street-by-Street map 46 Museum (Old Town Alexandria) Williams, Anthony 27
US Congress 20, 27, 31 160 Williams, Wheeler 51
US Holocaust Memorial Museum statues of 34, 119, 169 Williamsburg 157, 170–71
13, 27, 34, 82–3 Union Tavern 126 Wilson, Edith Galt 112, 138
US Marine Corps Memorial 37, 136 US Capitol 52 Wilson, Woodrow 25, 29
US Naval Academy (Annapolis) 164 White House 110, 111 Freedom Plaza 96
US Navy Memorial 94 Wisconsin Avenue 125 Kalorama 139
Street-by-Street map 91 Washington, Martha 153 Woodrow Wilson House 138, 149
US Supreme Court 26, 31, 50 Gadsby’s Tavern 160 Wine shops 193, 195
Great days in Washington, DC 12, 13 portrait of 103 Winter in Washington 41
Street-by-Street map 47 Tudor Place 128 Wiring money 210, 211
Washington, Walter E. 27 Wisconsin Avenue 13, 124–5
V Washington Abolition Society 22 Woman with a Parasol – Mme Monet
Van Buren, Angelica Singleton 112 Washington Circle 119 and her Son (Monet) 60, 63
Van Buren, Martin 28, 112, 114 Washington Harbour 11, 13, 124, 151 Wood, Waddy Butler 117, 138
Van Dyck, Sir Anthony 62, 63 Washington Home and Garden Woodrow Wilson House 138, 149
Van Gogh, Vincent Show 38 Woodson, Carter 146
Baltimore Museum of Art 165 Washington Monument 22, 23, 37, 80 Woodward, Bob 119
Entrance to the Public Gardens in Great days in Washington, DC 11, World Bank 26
Arles 137 12, 13 World War I 25
National Gallery of Art 63 Washington National Cathedral 13, World War II 26
Vedder, Elihu 49 144–5 Iwo Jima Statue (US Marine Corps
Venturi, Robert 96 Children’s Washington, DC 203 Memorial) 136
Verizon Center 104 Christmas Services 41 National Air and Space Museum
Veterans Day 40, 41 Washington Post 24 67
Vever, Henri 75 Washington Post Office, National Japanese-American
Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10, 12, Georgetown Branch 127 Memorial 51
13, 26, 37, 85 Watergate Complex 119 US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Vietnam War (1955–75) 26 Watergate scandal 119 13, 27, 34, 82–3
Vietnam Women’s Memorial 85 Watterson, George 22 World War II Memorial 10, 12, 13,
Virginia Company 19 Wayne, John 103 84
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Weather 39–41 Wright brothers
(Richmond) 169 Webster, Daniel 31 National Air and Space Museum
Visas 206 Weinman, Adolph Alexander 95 35, 64–6
W Weldon, Felix de 120 Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 167
Wu, Jason 79
Wheelchair access see Disabled
Walks 148–53, 216 travelers
A 90-minute walk in Alexandria Whistler, James McNeill 58, 75 Y
152–3 Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Yorktown 169
A 90-minute walk in Georgetown Andalusian 61, 63 Young, Ammi B. 127
150–51 White, Edward H. 67
A walk around Embassy Row 149 White House 30, 106, 110–13 Z
Wallace, Henry A. 30 fire 21 Zoos
Walter, Thomas U. 53 Great days in Washington, DC 10, National Zoological Park 11, 40,
Walters Art Museum (Baltimore) 165 12, 13 140–41, 202
War of 1812 21, 22 history 21 O. Orkin Insect Zoo 72
War of Independence (1775–83) 20 Street-by-Street map 109 see also Aquariums; Wildlife
Wardman, Harry 114 Visitor Center 113
Warhol, Andy 165 White House Egg Roll 38

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