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Slavery The Marine Barracks near Capitol Hill houses the United States Marine Band; founded in 1798 it is the country's oldest professional musical organization. American march composer and Washington-native John Philip Sousa led the Marine Band from 1880 until 1892. Founded in 1925 the United States Navy Band has its headquarters at the Washington Navy Yard and performs at official events and public concerts around the city. Washington has a strong local theater tradition Founded in 1950 Arena Stage achieved national attention and spurred growth in the city's independent theater movement that now includes organizations such as the Shakespeare Theatre Company Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the Studio Theatre. Arena Stage opened its newly renovated home in the city's emerging Southwest waterfront area in 2010 the GALA Hispanic Theatre now housed in the historic Tivoli Theatre in Columbia Heights was founded in 1976 and is a National Center for the Latino Performing Arts, Total 472,381 Map showing the five geological provinces through which the Potomac River flows, Of the District's population 17% is Baptist 13% is Catholic 6% is evangelical Protestant 4% is Methodist 3% is Episcopalian/Anglican 3% is Jewish 2% is Eastern Orthodox 1% is Pentecostal 1% is Buddhist 1% is Adventist 1% is Lutheran 1% is Muslim 1% is Presbyterian 1% is Mormon and 1% is Hindu.[g]. 6 "The Storm that Saved Washington", Main article: District of Columbia retrocession, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1 1863 was a powerful action that promised freedom for slaves in the Confederacy as soon as the Union armies reached them and authorized the enlistment of African Americans in the Union Army the Emancipation Proclamation did not free slaves in the Union-allied slave-holding states that bordered the Confederacy Since the Confederate States did not recognize the authority of President Lincoln and the proclamation did not apply in the border states at first the proclamation freed only those slaves who had escaped behind Union lines the proclamation made the abolition of slavery an official war goal that was implemented as the Union took territory from the Confederacy According to the Census of 1860 this policy would free nearly four million slaves or over 12% of the total population of the United States. 3 Preparation for war 9.4 Patriots John Sullivan New Hampshire 1 Yes Isaac Low New York 1 Yes Further hostilities Article One Section Eight of the United States Constitution grants the United States Congress "exclusive jurisdiction" over the city the District did not have an elected local government until the passage of the 1973 Home Rule Act the Act devolved certain Congressional powers to an elected mayor currently Muriel Bowser and the thirteen-member Council of the District of Columbia However Congress retains the right to review and overturn laws created by the council and intervene in local affairs.

. Changes in a nation's political regime sometimes result in the designation of a new capital Newly-independent Kazakhstan moved its capital to the existing city of Astana after the collapse of the Soviet Union Naypyidaw was founded in Burma's interior as the former capital Rangoon was claimed to be too overcrowded. 3.3 Opposition 4 Organic Act of 1871, One statute of the Compromise of 1850 enacted September 18 1850 is informally known as the Fugitive Slave Law or the Fugitive Slave Act it bolstered the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 the new version of the Fugitive Slave Law required federal judicial officials in all states and federal territories including in those states and territories in which slavery was prohibited to assist with the return of escaped slaves to their masters actively in the states and territories permitting slavery Any federal marshal or other official who did not arrest an alleged runaway slave was liable to a fine of $1000 Law enforcement everywhere in the US had a duty to arrest anyone suspected of being a fugitive slave on no more evidence than a claimant's sworn testimony of ownership Suspected slaves could neither ask for a jury trial nor testify on their own behalf in addition any person aiding a runaway slave by providing food or shelter was to be subject to six months' imprisonment and a $1000 fine Officers capturing a fugitive slave were entitled to a fee for their work, William Ellery Rhode Island 2 Yes Yes Ideology behind the Revolution Further information: the Papers of George Washington List of memorials to George Washington and U.S presidents on U.S postage stamps; Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22 1862 and said that a final proclamation would be issued if his gradual plan based on compensated emancipation and voluntary colonization was rejected Only the District of Columbia accepted Lincoln's gradual plan and Lincoln issued his final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1 1863 in his letter to Hodges Lincoln explained his belief that, Ivory Coast: Yamoussoukro was designated the national capital in 1983 but most government offices and embassies are still located in Abidjan.