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by Tom Price Washington,D.C. FOR DUMmIES ‰ 4TH EDITION s 01_120101 ffirs.qxp 4/23/07 7:59 PM Page iii 01_120101 ffirs.qxp 4/23/07 7:59 PM Page vi Plan your trip with For Dummies Covering the most popular destinations in North America and Europe, For Dummies travel guides are the ultimate user-friendly trip planners. Available wherever books are sold or go to www.dummies.com And book it with our online partner, Frommers.com � Book airfare,hotels and packages � Find the hottest deals � Get breaking travel news � Enter to win vacations � Share trip photos and stories � And much more Frommers.com,rated the #1 Travel Web Site by PC Magazine 01_120101 ffirs.qxp 4/23/07 7:59 PM Page i Available wherever books are sold. Go to www.dummies.com or call 1-877-762-2974 to order direct. The fun and easy way™ to travel! U.S.A. 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FOR DUMmIES ‰ 4TH EDITION s 01_120101 ffirs.qxp 4/23/07 7:59 PM Page iii Washington, D.C. For Dummies®, 4th Edition Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2007 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permit- ted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax 978-646-8600. 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For technical support, please visit www.wiley.com/techsupport. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Control Number: 2007925987 ISBN: 978-0-470-12010-1 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 01_120101 ffirs.qxp 4/23/07 7:59 PM Page iv About the Author Tom Price has lived in and written about Washington, D.C., for more than two decades. As a journalist who focuses on government and poli- tics, he knows the ins and outs of official Washington. As the parent of a college-age Washington native, he’s discovered the best Washington places for kids of all ages. As a longtime D.C. resident, he’s found fun and interesting Washington experiences for adults of all ages as well, having repeatedly explored the city with his family and visiting friends. From late 1982 through 1995, Tom was a correspondent in the Cox Newspapers Washington Bureau. Since then, he has been a freelance writer whose work has appeared in books, magazines, and newspapers and on Internet sites. With his wife, Susan Crites Price, Tom is coauthor of The Working Parents Help Book: Practical Advice for Dealing with the Day-to-Day Challenges of Kids and Careers, which won a Parents’ Choice Award, was a Scholastic Book Club selection, and has been featured by “Today,” “Oprah,” and other broadcast and print media. His most recent book, written with former U.S. representative and ambassador Tony Hall, is Changing the Face of Hunger: One Man’s Story of How Liberals, Conservatives, Democrats, Republicans and People of Faith Are Joining Forces to Help the Poor, the Hungry and the Oppressed. Tom also is author of Frommer’s Irreverent Guide to Washington. Previously, Tom, a Pittsburgh native, reported for newspapers in Pennsylvania and Ohio. 01_120101 ffirs.qxp 4/23/07 7:59 PM Page v 01_120101 ffirs.qxp 4/23/07 7:59 PM Page vi Dedication For Susan and Julie, who make me happy and proud. Author’s Acknowledgments First, I want to thank Elise Ford, an accomplished travel writer who brought me to Frommer’s in the first place and has provided invaluable guidance ever since. I also want to thank my mother, Anna Mae Price; my daughter, Julie, who continually helps me learn new things about Washington; and, of course, Susan, who is always my most important collaborator. 01_120101 ffirs.qxp 4/23/07 7:59 PM Page vii Editorial Editors: Katie Robinson, Production Editor; Jamie Ehrlich, Development Editor Copy Editor: Doreen Russo Cartographer: Roberta Stockwell Editorial Assistant: Melinda Quintero Senior Photo Editor: Richard Fox Cover Photos: Front cover, © Rich LaSalle/Getty Images; back cover, © Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/Corbis Cartoons: Rich Tennant (www.the5thwave.com) Composition Services Project Coordinator: Lynsey Osborn Layout and Graphics: Claudia Bell, Joyce Haughey, Julie Trippetti Special Art: Anniversary Logo Design: Richard Pacifico Proofreaders: Laura Albert, Susan Moritz, Aptara Indexer: Aptara Publishing and Editorial for Consumer Dummies Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher, Consumer Dummies Joyce Pepple, Acquisitions Director, Consumer Dummies Kristin A. 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