Fort Lesley J. McNair

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Fort Lesley J. McNair is a base of the United States Army in Washington, DC The Fort area is on a peninsula on which the Anacostia River in the Potomac River flows. The base was built in 1791 and is still used by the military today. It has been named since 1948 after Lesley J. McNair, who died in 1944 .

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Coordinates: 38 ° 52 ′ 1.9 ″  N , 77 ° 0 ′ 55.5 ″  W.