Vic's News 2016 Jul 16

Geezer

…On this day in 1790 the District of Columbia was established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act. This was a compromise brokered by Thomas Jefferson because the advocates of the VA-MD site did not have enough votes in congress at the time to move the capitol from NYC to Washington, DC.…

Vic's News and Views always start with Vic's Recollections from History. Heh.