The 1998 Higher Education Act requires
all postsecondary institutions to make a good-faith
effort to distribute voter registration forms
to each degree- or certificate-seeking student
who attends classes on campus. The DC Board of
Elections and Ethics provides downloadable voter
registration capability to eligible DC voters
at www.dcboee.org. The DC Board of Elections and
Ethics may also be contacted at 441 4th Street
NW, Room 215 North, Washington, DC 20001; phone
202/727-2525; fax 202/347-2648. Voter registration information and assistance are also available at the main desks of each AU residence hall.
Washington, D.C., locat-ed along the Potomac River, was chosen as the permanent site for the capital of the United States by Congress in 1790.
SIZE:
68 sq. miles
MOTTO: Justitia
Omnibus (Justice to all)
BIRD: Wood
Thrush
FLOWER: American
Beauty Rose
TREE: Scarlet Oak
SONG: The
Star-Spangled Banner
FLAG
: Adopted in 1938. Design was based on the shield from George Washington's family coat of arms.
ORIGIN OF NAME:
The District is named after Christopher
Columbus.
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