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...Northern cause and contributed many troops to the Union forces. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard built ships that blockaded Southern ports. ...pshire gained a measure of international attention in 1905 when Portsmouth Naval Base played host to the signing of the treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War

...led the way to world [[Navy|Naval]] disarmament at the [[Washington Naval Conference]] of 1921–22. * [[Washington Naval Conference]] 1921–1922

...er president.) Though a [[Unitarian]] in later life,<ref name="uua">{{cite conference ...her fugitive slave law, abolish slave trade in DC). Clay, exhausted, left Washington to recuperate, passing leadership to Senator [[Stephen A. Douglas]] of Illi

...3]], just three days before his 19th birthday, which made him the youngest naval aviator to that date.<ref name="navy"/> ...ttp://www.maam.org/flightsim/news/tbm_history.htm|title=History’s Youngest Naval Aviator: George H. W. Bush|publisher=Mid-Atlantic Air Museum|accessdate=200

...s, most of which pleased the [[United States Congress Conference committee|Conference Committee]] and became law. The act was signed by the President [[July 24]] ...ii because he wanted to [[Americanization|Americanize]] it and establish a naval base, but he was unable to get the two-thirds vote. One notable observer of

|death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]] |title =Faith and the Presidency: From George Washington to George W. Bush

...ld Ford, 38th President, Dies at 93 |work =[[New York Times]] |publisher = Naval Historical Center |accessdate = 2007-10-19}}</ref> ==Naval service in World War II==

...tical role in shaping the post-war world, particularly through the [[Yalta Conference]] and the creation of the [[United Nations]]. ...tland]]. In 1918, he visited [[UK|Britain]] and France to inspect American naval facilities; during this visit he met [[Winston Churchill]] for the first ti

| death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]] ...ing vacations in the [[Lake District]] in Britain. Unable to cycle around Washington, D.C. as President, Wilson took to playing golf, although he played with mo

...n October 1991, the United States and the Soviet Union convened the Madrid Conference, in which Israeli, Lebanese, Jordanian, Syrian, and Palestinian leaders lai ...raelemb.org/ embassy] in the United States at 3514 International Drive NW, Washington DC, 20008 (tel. 202-364-5500). There also are consulates general in Atlanta

...f Buffalo that four years later he would be standing in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and taking the oath as President of the United States."<ref>Nevins, 78</r ...se, and the bill died in the [[United States Congress Conference committee|conference committee]]. Dispute over the tariff would carry over into the 1888 Presid

| alma_mater = [[United States Naval Academy]] <br/> [[Georgia Southwestern College]] <br/> [[Georgia Institute ===Naval career===

...?pagename=article&contentId=A40678-2003Jul10&notFound=true |publisher =The Washington Post|date = [[July 11]] [[2003]] |accessdate =2007-08-16}}</ref> Truman's a ...(CA-31)|USS ''Augusta'']] on his way back to the U.S. after the [[Potsdam Conference]]. The Japanese agreed to [[Surrender of Japan|surrender]] on [[August 14]]

...oover head of the American [[Food Administration]], with headquarters in [[Washington, D.C.]] Hoover believed that, "food will win the war." He established days ...e country, often overshadowing Presidents Harding and [[Calvin Coolidge]]. Washington wags were soon referring to Hoover as "The Secretary of Commerce...and Unde

...aining the rank of [[lieutenant commander]]. He received his training at [[Naval Air Station Quonset Point]], [[Rhode Island]] and [[Ottumwa, Iowa]], before ...ve Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.<ref>William A. De Gregorio, "The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents" (2005)

| death_place =[[Washington, D.C.]] ...n on [[21 December]], [[1850]], and died on [[20 February]], [[1862]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], during President Lincoln's first term. [[Tad Lincoln|Thomas "Tad"