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Pentagon Aerial view of the Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia, with the I-395 freeway to the left and the Air Force Memorial visible in the center background. September 11 attacks The Pentagon The Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. with a section collapsed and engulfed in flames and thick smoke following the September 11, 2001 attack. Detailed street map of central Washington, D.C., highlighting major roads, Metro subway lines, and key landmarks including the National Mall, Capitol, White House, museums, and memorials. Numbered points correspond to a list of significant sites such as the Smithsonian museums, National Gallery of Art, and U.S. Supreme Court, with surrounding neighborhoods like Georgetown and Foggy Bottom also labeled.
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Discussion of the Pentagon can be found in Philip Bigler, Washington in Focus: The Photo History of the Nation’s Capital (1988); Jeanne Fogle, Two Hundred Years: Stories of the Nation’s Capital (1991); and Donald R. Kennon and Richard Striner, Washington Past and Present: A Guide to the Nation’s Capital, 2nd ed. (1983, reissued 1993). Steve Vogel, The Pentagon: A History (2007), focuses on the planning and construction of the building.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, United States. Oct 19, 2022
Add new Web site: LiveScience - How Did the Pentagon Building Get Its Shape? Aug 23, 2018
Add new Web site: Historical Office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense - Pentagon History. May 25, 2018
Added cross-references. Feb 16, 2017
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, United States. Jan 06, 2015
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - The Pentagon. Jan 06, 2015
Added aerial image of the Pentagon. Jan 27, 2011
Added new Web site: The Official Site of The Pentagon, Washington DC, United States. Mar 12, 2009
Added new Web site: United States Deparment of Defense - Pentagon. Oct 09, 2007
Bibliography revised and updated. Sep 06, 2007
Media added. Jan 08, 2007
Article revised. Nov 20, 2003
Article revised. Apr 17, 2003
Article revised. Dec 17, 2001
Article revised. Sep 28, 2001
Article added to new online database. May 17, 1999
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