DC American plate atlas

District of Columbia

The District

Meet the plate, people, places, and stories behind one of the road-trip game’s fifty-one essential finds.

District of Columbia license plate
The District of Columbia plate in the game

Capital

Washington

State bird

Wood thrush

Federal district established

July 16, 1790

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A quick trip through time

The District of Columbia story

Created as the permanent seat of the federal government, Washington, D.C. was shaped by Pierre L’Enfant’s plan, enslaved and free Black communities, national institutions, local neighborhoods, and a long campaign for self-government.

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Bumper-sized history

About the plate

D.C.’s Taxation Without Representation slogan turns a license plate into a civics lesson, highlighting residents’ lack of voting representation in Congress.