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Fort Lesley J. McNair

American  

noun

  1. a military reservation in SW Washington, D.C., on the Potomac River, SW of the Capitol.


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Armory, the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling military installation or the Fort Lesley J. McNair post — all of which are short drives from Union Station.

From Washington Post

She served on her condominium’s board for 47 years, volunteered with neighborhood civic organizations and played the organ at St. Dominic Catholic Church and at a community center at Fort Lesley J. McNair, both in Washington.

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As I paddled along the water bordering Fort Lesley J. McNair, I glided close enough to the light poles to see security cameras, close enough to a residence to see a boy blowing bubbles in his backyard.

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The game, played at Fort Lesley J. McNair in southwest Washington, lasted about an hour, and the motorcade was back at the White House by 9:19 a.m.

From New York Times

She accompanied her husband on an Army assignment in West Germany in the 1960s and worked during her Defense Department career at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington and Fort Belvoir in Virginia.

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