Political Quotes

“this amendment would clarify the name of Washington National Airport since, apparently, there is a great deal of misunderstanding. It needs to be recognized, for example, that Franklin Roosevelt, in the commissioning of Washington National Airport, told the architects that the main terminal was to be designed to look like Mt. Vernon, the home of George Washington. We can see it from perspective, which is difficult because most of us see it when we are right up on top of it and getting out of an automobile. If we look at it from the proper perspective, though, we can see that that is what the architects did. I think it also is important to recognize that this land on which Washington National Airport is located was owned by John Park Custis, who was George Washington's adopted son, the only surviving son of Martha Custis Washington. He owned the property, lived there until his death at the battle of Yorktown. He was named to George Washington, who, after marrying Martha, treated John P. Custis as his own son. Dr. David Stewart, who was then President Washington's physician, married J.P. Custis' widow and moved into the Abingdon estate, which is where Washington National Airport is located. Dr. Stewart was one of the three commissioners supervising the development of the Nation's new capital and personally named the city across the river the city of Washington and the territory of Columbia.”