Washington D.C. – the capital
• founded on July 16, 1790 • District of Columbia• Potomac River • a square measuring 10 miles
(16 km) on each side • bordered by the states of
Virginia and Maryland
Abraham Lincoln(1809 – 1865)
•one of the greatest U.S. presidents
•he led the country through the American Civil War
•he issued his Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery in 1863
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