Twining is a neighborhood in
Southeast
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Washington, D.C., near the eastern bank of the
Anacostia River
The Anacostia River is a river in the Mid-Atlantic states, Mid Atlantic region of the United States. It flows from Prince George's County, Maryland, Prince George's County in Maryland into Washington, D.C., where it joins with the Washington Ch ...
. It is bounded by Minnesota Avenue NE to the northeast, Branch Avenue to the northwest, and
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue is a primarily diagonal street in Washington, D.C. that connects the United States Capitol with the White House and then crosses northwest Washington, D.C. to Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown. Traveling through So ...
to the south. The Fort Dupont year-round ice skating rink, and the
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum are nearby.
It is named for Major William Johnson Twining, who served as Military Commissioner of the District of Columbia from 1878 until his death in 1882.
See also
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Anacostia
References
Neighborhoods in Southeast (Washington, D.C.)
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