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St. John's Church

Every President since James Madison has gone to a mass at St John's. The church building was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and completed in June 1816. The church also occupies the adjacent Ashburton House, on H St NW, built for Lord Alexander Ashburton, the British minister to the U.S., and was used for a period of time as the British Embassy.

Address: 1525 H St NW
Getting there: 16th St and H St NW, across from Lafayette Park
Hours: Services Mon-Fri noon; Sun 7:45AM, 9AM, 11AM; Spanish-language: Sun 1PM
Price: Free
Website: stjohns-dc.org (opens in a new tab)

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The Lafayette

This restaurant overlooks Lafayette Square and the White House, and is a premier place for power dining. For the price, the food here is underwhelming, but the food, obviously, is not why you come here.

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Brigadier General Kosciuszko

Brigadier General Thaddeus Kościuszko is a bronze statue honoring Polish military figure and engineer Tadeusz Kościuszko. The sculpture was dedicated in 1910, the third of four statues in Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., to honor foreign-born heroes of the American Revolutionary War. Born in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1746, Kościuszko later received education at a Jesuit school before attending the Corps of Cadets in Warsaw.

Built 1910

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