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Trivia about potomac

  • John Smith recorded the name of this river as Patawomeck, but it is now called this
  • In 1982 Lenny Skutnick rescued a passenger on a crashed 737 from this D.C. river
  • Washingtonians refer to the Francis Scott Key Bridge over this river as "The Car-Strangled Spanner"
  • Large ships can sail over 100 miles inland to Washington, D.C. on this river
  • The new Woodrow Wilson Bridge project will connect Maryland & Virginia across this river
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon home lies on the banks of this river
  • The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts overlooks this river
  • After Bull Run, General McClellan reorganized the Union Army which was then called the Army of this river
  • Popular with cyclists, the 18.5-mile Mount Vernon trail follows this river's shoreline
  • John Quincy Adams used to skinny dip in this river that runs through Washington, D.C.
  • Due to the great falls on this river, large ships can't go past Washington, D.C.
  • This river flows through the District of Columbia
  • George was born beside this river that flows past Washington, D.C.
  • In good weather, John Quincy Adams liked to spend his mornings skinny-dipping in this river
  • Theodore Roosevelt Island in the District of Columbia lies in this river
  • Robert E. Lee was born Jan. 19, 1807 at Stratford Hall, the Lee family estate in Northern Virginia on the banks of this river
  • George Washington's birthplace is on Pope's Creek, a small stream that flows into this
  • The name of this river that flows past Mount Vernon may mean "place where people trade"
  • It flows through Washington, D.C. & on past Mount Vernon
  • 80% of Washington, D.C.'s fresh drinking water comes from this river
  • This river & its north branch provide the state's northern border with Maryland
  • A major traffic route, the Arlington Memorial Bridge spans this river
  • This river is formed 15 miles SE of Cumberland, MD. by the confluence of the north & south branches
  • Theodore Roosevelt Island, now a memorial, lies in this river & is accessible by footbridge from Virginia
  • A bronze hippo is the unofficial mascot of George Washington Univ., as legend says hippos once swam in this river
  • The name of this river that flows into Chesapeake Bay is Algonquin for "where goods are brought in"
  • It's formed by the confluence of its North & South branches near Cumberland, Maryland
  • This river grows to 11 miles in width as it reaches Chesapeake Bay at Point Lookout, Maryland
  • Theodore Roosevelt Island is a 91-acre national wilderness park found in this river

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