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The District Hotel

The District Hotel is a four-story walk up, turn of the century hotel, located in the Logan Circle district of Washington DC...
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The Embassy Inn

Embassy Inn is a Federalist-style inn dating back to 1910 and located near Dupont Circle, 10 blocks from the White House...
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The Windsor Inn

The Windsor Inn is a European- and Art Deco-style inn dating back to 1913 and located near Dupont Circle, 12 blocks from the White House...
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Hotel Helix - A Kimpton Hotel

This Washington, DC hotel is five blocks from the shops and galleries of Dupont Circle, a mile form the National Mall, and two miles from the National Gallery of Art. It is located five miles from Ronald Reagan National Airport, 27 miles from Dulles International Airport, and 30 miles from Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Hotel Helix - a Kimpton Hotel offers a 24-hour fitness center with cardiovascular equipment, and complimentary passes are available to a health club three blocks away...

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The Carlyle Suites Hotel

Newly renovated, sleek stylish, The Carlyle Suites is the official art-deco Hotel of Washington, D. Each suite is custom designed, combining classic art-deco finishes with fresh features to serve travelers today -- Fully equipped kitchens, work spaces with cordless phones, high speed Internet access and bath and living areas with accents in granite and stainless steel. Stretch out in your unusually large suite which includes separate working, dining, sitting and sleeping spaces...

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Holiday Inn Central Dc

Holiday Inn Central is within walking distance of the White House and Smithsonian and approximately 28 miles from Dulles International Airport. This location is also within walking distance of the Washington Monument and National Geographic Society, four blocks from McPhearson Square and Dupont Circle Metro stations, one mile from the FBI Building, two miles from Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, five miles from the Pentagon...

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About Howard University

Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., which is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790, located on the north bank of the Potomac River, with a resident population of nearly 600 000 inhabitants. The Washington Metropolitan Area, which has a population of more than 5 million inhabitants, is the 9th metropolitan area in the country.


Howard University traces its roots back in November, 1866, when the members of The First Congregational Society of Washington considered necessary the establishment of a theological seminary for the education of African-American clergymen. Howard was officially founded on November 20, 1866, by Gen. Oliver O. Howard, as Howard Theological Seminary, being known under its current name of Howard University since March 2, 1867, change which was approved by President Andrew Johnson.


Today, Howard is one of the 48 US private, Doctoral/Research-Extensive universities, consisting of 12 colleges and schools, through which the university offers its nearly 10 500 students undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in 120 fields of study. Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC) is recognized as one of the largest and most comprehensive repositories for the documentation of the history and culture of African people in the world.


Howard’s athletic teams, which are known as the Howard Bison, compete in the NCAA, as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, in various sports (10 women’s and 7 men’s), including basketball, football, soccer, lacrosse, tennis and volleyball.


The list of notable Howard alumni contains resonant names such as choreographer/actress Debbie Allen, the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate - Edward Brooke, Adrian Fenty - Mayor of the District of Columbia, Kasim Reed - 59th Mayor of Atlanta, including several other people, who have made themselves notable in various fields, after graduation.