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Originally Posted by Amnorix
1791. The new capital of the United States is named after it's first President -- Washington, D.C.
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For those interested, the story of the selection of the Washington D.C. area is told in a great chapter of Joseph Ellis'
Founding Brothers, a very readable, fascinating account Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, Franklin, and Burr.
That a city (more, that the
capital of the entire country) was named after a living man, like Virginia named after the Virgin
Queen Elizabeth, and Jamestown after
King James, says a lot about Washington's prestige at the time.