Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site

Pennsylvania Avenue looking towards the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

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Architect Pierre L'Enfant designed Pennsylvania Avenue to be a physical connection between the legislative and executive banches of the United States government. It is known the world over as the heart of the Nation's Capital. America's history has marched, paraded, promenaded, and protested its way along the Avenue.