#1 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
George Mason University
3401 Fairfax Dr # 201 Arlington VA - 703-993-8000
~0.24 miles from Arlington city center
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http://www.gmu.edu/arlington/
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Ballston Common Mall
Arlington VA
~0.48 miles from Arlington city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Hawaii Visitors and Convention Center
Honolulu HI
~0.73 miles from Arlington city center
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The Hawaii Convention Center is located in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii. The Convention Center offers a variety of banquet halls and meeting rooms perfect for any occasion.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Us Army National Guard
111 S George Mason Dr Arlington VA - 703-607-7010
~1.00 miles from Arlington city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Arlington City Hall
Arlington VA
~1.12 miles from Arlington city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Iwo Jima Memorial
Arlington VA
~1.92 miles from Arlington city center
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Newseum and Freedom Park
Washington VA
~2.04 miles from Arlington city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington VA
~2.07 miles from Arlington city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Marymount University
2807 N Glebe Rd Arlington VA - 703-522-5600
~2.14 miles from Arlington city center
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http://www.marymount.edu
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Theodore Roosevelt Island Park
Washington DC
~2.43 miles from Arlington city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Georgetown University
Washington DC
~2.46 miles from Arlington city center
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Arlington Historical Museum
Arlington VA
~2.49 miles from Arlington city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Pentagon
Washington VA
~2.60 miles from Arlington city center
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
DEA Museum
Arlington VA
~2.65 miles from Arlington city center
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The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Museum and Visitors Center is to educate the American public on the history of drugs, drug addiction and drug law enforcement in the United States through engaging and state-of-the-art exhibits, displays, interactive stations and educational outreach programs.
The DEA Museum will provide a unique learning environment for the public to discover the role and impact of federal drug law enforcement on the changing trends of licit and illicit drug use in American history.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Georgetown
Washington DC
~2.67 miles from Arlington city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Fashion Center at Pentagon City (Pentago City Mall)
Arlington VA
~2.68 miles from Arlington city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Burleith (Neighborhood)
Washington DC
~2.81 miles from Arlington city center
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Burleith is a moderately upscale neighborhood in Washington, D.C. It is bordered by Wisconsin Avenue to the East, Reservoir Road and the Georgetown University campus to the south, Whitehaven Park to the North and Glover Archbold Park to the West. The neighborhood is home to some Georgetown students. Relations between the student community and year-round residents have seen periodic strains. Burleith is also home to the French embassy.
The western third of Burleith is a 24-hour gated community called Hillandale; some consider this a separate neighborhood but it is technically part of Burleith. Residents of Hillandale include U.S. Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-Connecticut) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia. Prior to 1979, Hillandale was an estate owned by John Dustin Archbold's family.
In July 1997, three Starbucks employees were murdered in a failed robbery attempt at the coffee shop on Wisconsin Avenue.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Foxhall (Neighborhood)
Washington DC
~2.88 miles from Arlington city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Lincoln Memorial
Washington DC
~2.91 miles from Arlington city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Korean War Veterans Memorial
Washington DC
~2.97 miles from Arlington city center
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Tudor Place
Washington DC
~3.04 miles from Arlington city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Department of State
Washington DC
~3.04 miles from Arlington city center
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The United States Department of State (often referred to as the State Department), is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries. The Department was created in 1789 and was the first executive department established.
The Department is headquartered in the Harry S. Truman Building located at 2201 C Street, NW, a few blocks from the White House in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The Department operates the diplomatic missions of the United States abroad and responsible for implementing the foreign policy of the United States and U.S. diplomacy efforts.
The Department is led by the Secretary of State, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The Secretary of State is the first Cabinet official in the order of precedence and in the presidential line of succession (fourth overall, after the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, and the President pro tempore of the Senate). The current Secretary is Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington DC
~3.07 miles from Arlington city center
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Dumbarton Oaks is a 19th century Federal-style mansion with famous gardens in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It currently houses the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, a center for scholarship in Byzantine studies, Pre-Columbian studies and the history of landscape architecture. The center publishes the academic journal Dumbarton Oaks Papers and other books in their three main areas of study. An active fellowship program, both summer and year-long, makes Dumbarton Oaks an important center of scholarship.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Constitution Gardens
Washington DC
~3.07 miles from Arlington city center
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Constitution Gardens is a National Park in Washington, D.C., United States, popularly understood as part of the National Mall though actually adjacent to its officially designated area. The 50-acre (200,000 m2) park is located in between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, bounded on the north by Constitution Avenue and on the south by the Reflecting Pool. Constitution Gardens has a small lake, which contains an island open to pedestrians.
The land that became Constitution Gardens was originally submerged beneath the Potomac River and was dredged at the beginning of the 20th century by the Army Corp of Engineers. The U.S. Navy built the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings as temporary offices on the land during World War I. The buildings were demolished in 1970 due in part to lobbying by President Richard Nixon, who had served in the offices as a navy officer. President Nixon subsequently ordered that a park be established on the land, and in 1976, Constitution Gardens was finally dedicated as a "living legacy American Revolution Bicentennial tribute." It has been a separate park unit in the National Park Service since 1982, administered under the National Capitol Parks-Central (NACC).
In July 1982, the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial was dedicated on the small island in the lake. On November 13 of the same year, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall was also dedicated within Constitution Gardens. President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the park a "living legacy tribute" to the Constitution on September 17, 1986 in honor of the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution that year.
From March 17 to March 19, 2003, Constitution Gardens was the site of a bizarre standoff between federal police and a disgruntled tobacco farmer, Dwight Watson. Watson had driven his tractor into the center of the lake and claimed he had explosives, prompting the evacuation of the area and holding the FBI and U.S. Park Police at bay for 48 hours before he surrendered. During the standoff, Watson dug up part of the island and damaged a retaining wall (for which he received a conviction for destroying federal property) but apparently did not harm any of the monuments.
As home to famous monuments, Constitution Gardens continues to have millions of visitors every year. It is also the site of an annual naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens hosted by the National Park Service.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Washington
~3.11 miles from Arlington city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Albert Einstein Memorial
Washington DC DC
~3.11 miles from Arlington city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Palisades (Neighborhood)
Washington DC
~3.12 miles from Arlington city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Glover Park (Neighborhood)
Washington DC
~3.15 miles from Arlington city center
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Franklin D Roosevelt Memorial
Washington DC
~3.15 miles from Arlington city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Arlington
Foggy Bottom (Neighborhood)
Washington DC
~3.15 miles from Arlington city center
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