[Red Badger]

Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?..........................

[Obadiah]

It's Lincoln, right?

[Carl Vehse]

Commiefornians.

[HombreSecreto]

You mean it’s not Washington MC, the aspiring rapper?

[Sarcazmo]

Duh. Washington Delano Carver.

I watched one yesterday. The guy asked some lady to name a character in Tom Sawyer. She couldn’t do it.

[9YearLurker]

Booker T.?

[Billthedrill]

It’s either Denzel or Booker T. I hate pop quizzes.

[poinq]

Two people really. Obviously George but also Christopher as well.

[MotorCityBuck]

Redskins.

[clearcarbon]

I (heart) DC could be an undisclosed biden love child.

[Rufii]

USC’s star running back Delon Washington?

[Steve_Seattle]

Cliff Clavin: “Contrary to popular belief, Washington D.C. acquired its name from Jedediah Washington, the colonial-era haberdasher who supplied the uniforms for the Revolutionary Army.”

[xp38]

Christopher Columbus. Well the DC part anyway. :)

[Sparticus]

We’ve become a nation of children.

“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.” - Cicero

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I learned that from a song they used to play on “Captain Kangaroo.”. Of course, the Captain is long gone and people no longer have any way of learning common knowledge. /s

[Telepathic Intruder]

The idiocy is by design since they no longer teach anything of value, especially any history, especially any accurate history, especially any accurate American history, in public school.

[TexasFreeper2009]

honestly didn’t know this either, obviously, I knew what the city was named for, but never considered the “DC” part and that the city of Washington was part of a larger area, and that’s what the DC is for.

[kvanbrunt2]

It’s named after the rapper DC.

[Retain Mike]

Next question should be, “See that really tall four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape. Why is it there?”

[DFG]

District of Corruption