June possesses many pleasant associations. But with its arrival, tension grows in the D.C. area about the onset of summer’s less widely welcomed features, such as 90 degree heat and sticky, strength-sapping humidity.
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On this day in history, May 15, 1800, President Adams moves federal government from Philadelphia to DC
President John Adams moved the federal government from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., on this day in history, May 15, 1800.
The move was completed relatively quickly, according to History.com, with important documents brought to Washington by ships.
Adams had ordered his cabinet to ensure every office would be operating as usual in Washington, D.C., within one month, noted the same source.
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This happened as planned — and Philadelphia “officially ceased to serve as the nation’s capital as of June 11, 1800.”
The move was swift due in part to the small size of the federal government at that period in time.
At the time, there were only about 125 people employed as federal employees, said the History Channel.
Today, the federal government employs over two million people, according to the Office of Personnel Management’s website.
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On July 16, 1790, then-President George Washington signed the Residence Act, which established that a capital city would be built along the Potomac River, said the website of the Library of Congress.
As the city had not yet been constructed, Philadelphia was declared a temporary capital city for a 10-year period.
Washington announced in a proclamation back on Jan. 24, 1791, the location of the capital now known as the District of Columbia.
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“They were thereby authorized and required, on the behalf of the said State, to cede to the Congress of the United States, any District in the said state, not exceeding Ten miles square, which the Congress might fix upon and accept for the Government of the United States,” said Washington in the proclamation.
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In the proclamation, Washington explained where the District of Columbia would be located.
He articulated permissions to survey the land and create these boundaries.
Pierre-Charles L’Enfant, a French engineer, was tasked with designing and planning the new city, said the History Channel.
Although the District of Columbia was officially the capital of the United States of America, many of its famous landmarks were still under construction at the time that the government moved in.
President Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams, didn’t move into what is now known as the White House until later in 1800, said the White House website. (When Adams and his wife, Abigail, first moved on June 3, they lived temporarily at Union Tavern in Georgetown.)
Only the Senate side of the building was complete in 1800.
Wrote Adams about the White House residence once he and his wife moved in, “I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house, and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but wise men ever rule under this roof!”
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The Capitol at first was also similarly unfinished.
Only the Senate side of the Capitol building was complete in 1800, says the website for the Capitol.
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The House of Representatives’ portion of the building would not be finished until 1811, more than a decade later, said the site.
Nevertheless, on Nov. 17, 1800, the House convened for the first time at the Capitol, according to History.com. By that time, enough space had been completed to receive the Senate, the House, the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress at the new permanent site of the federal government.
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Biden wins Democratic primary in Washington, D.C.
President Biden has won the Democratic primary in Washington, D.C., according to Decision Desk HQ.
Biden in D.C. easily beat long-shot challenger Marianne Williamson. His win could mean another 20 delegates moved into his column as he heads toward a rematch with former President Trump in the tight race.
The district’s GOP primary was held back in March, when Nikki Haley, who has since dropped out and endorsed Trump, notched her first of two wins in the GOP process, briefly interrupting Trump’s winning streak.
The presidential primary cycle is winding down, with the last of the state primaries also coming in on Tuesday night. Next week, two more Democratic contests in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam will close out the party process and shift focus toward the conventions this summer.
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The Washington area steered close to sticky summer on Tuesday
Certainly, things seemed to be heating up. At Dulles International Airport, the mercury did touch 90, a kind of threshold to a typical D.C. summer. At Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport, the high also reached 90.
But the District posted an official high of 88. Although 2 degrees short of 90, it nevertheless was 6 degrees above the average high for the date.
Moreover, the heat index, the feels-like temperature that factors into heat and humidity, did come to 90 degrees in the District at 3 p.m.
On Tuesday, while not yet seeming so sultry as to evoke dismay, conditions seemed adequate to renew the area’s humidity consciousness. As an atmospheric menace, humidity had been dormant in recent days, so inoffensive as to be significant only for its absence. It was more noticeable Tuesday.
Of course, with only 16 days until the summer solstice, the sun shone with more intensity than on any previous day of the year.
It climbed a little higher in the sky, producing more heat and a kind of extra brightness, that seemed far greater than necessary to provide the light of day.
At this point in the year, daylight is growing close to its maximum extent. It lasted for 14 hours and 46 minutes on Tuesday, according to timeanddate.com. On the day of the solstice, the day of maximum daylight, it will persist for only eight minutes more.
On Tuesday, timeanddate.com said, the sun went down at 8:29 p.m. But on Wednesday, it would be 8:30 p.m.
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