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Image: District of Columbia War Memorial
District of Columbia War Memorial
District of Columbia War Memorial
District of Columbia War Memorial

The District of Columbia War Memorial commemorates the residents of DC that served in the First World War. It's made of marble and concrete and sits in the National Mall.

The District of Columbia War Memorial commemorates the residents of DC that served in the First World War. It's made of marble and concrete and sits in the National Mall.

Image: Old Post Office Pavailion in Washington, DC
Old Post Office Pavailion in Washington, DC
Old Post Office Pavailion in Washington, DC
Old Post Office Pavailion in Washington, DC

In this view from the Washington Monument, the Old Post Office Pavillion can be seen in the center of the image, surrounded by the red-roofed Federal office-buildings of the Federal Triangle.

In this view from the Washington Monument, the Old Post Office Pavillion can be seen in the center of the image, surrounded by the red-roofed Federal office-buildings of the Federal Triangle.

Brain corals, mangrove prop roots and squirrelfish
Corals and mangroves share clear waters
Corals and mangroves share clear waters
Corals and mangroves share clear waters

Sediment can smother corals, but Hurricane Hole has no sediment-bearing freshwater streams. Its clear waters are habitat for an entire community of marine life, including Montastrea corals and squirrelfish. Photo: Caroline Rogers, USGS, 2009

Sediment can smother corals, but Hurricane Hole has no sediment-bearing freshwater streams. Its clear waters are habitat for an entire community of marine life, including Montastrea corals and squirrelfish. Photo: Caroline Rogers, USGS, 2009

Black and white photo of President John F. Kennedy surrounded by people in suits signing a document
President Kennedy signs the nuclear test ban treaty for the United States in 1963
President Kennedy signs the nuclear test ban treaty for the United States in 1963
President Kennedy signs the nuclear test ban treaty for the United States in 1963

President Kennedy signs the nuclear test ban treaty for the United States in 1963. Photo from National Archives, Still Pictures Division, Department of State Collection 59-0, box 23 (https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB94/tb02.htm).

Irving Friedman (left) and William D. Long in 1958 in a USGS laboratory in Washington, D.C.
Irving Friedman (left) and William D. Long in 1958 in a USGS laboratory in Washington, D.C.
Irving Friedman (left) and William D. Long in 1958 in a USGS laboratory in Washington, D.C.
USGS laboratory in Washington DC where water samples 1883-87 from Yellowstone National Park were analyzed.
USGS water quality laboratory in Washington DC, 1901
USGS water quality laboratory in Washington DC, 1901
USGS water quality laboratory in Washington DC, 1901

USGS laboratory in Washington DC where water samples 1883-87 from Yellowstone National Park were analyzed. Photograph, USGS Historical Photography Library.

USGS laboratory in Washington DC where water samples 1883-87 from Yellowstone National Park were analyzed. Photograph, USGS Historical Photography Library.

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