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Article: City on a Hill - The White House and the Capitol Building Turn 200.

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November 1, 2000
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November 2000 marks the two hundredth birthday of our nation's capital. On November 1, President John Adams and First Lady Abigail Adams moved into the White House, then called the President's House. On November 17, sixteen blocks east, the first session of the Senate was held on Capitol Hill.

After the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, different cities served as capital, including York, Pennsylvania, and Annapolis, Maryland. In April 1789, George Washington was inaugurated in New York City as the first president of the United States. After long hours of debate, his secretary of state, Thomas Jefferson, and secretary of the treasury, Alexander ...

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