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Often mistaken for a D.C. landmark, the Pentagon is located across the Potomac River in which U.S. state?
The Pentagon, the world's largest office building, serves as the U.S. Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, across the Potomac from Washington, D.C.
Separating the complex from the Lincoln Memorial, which river forms the natural eastern boundary of the Pentagon?
The Potomac River forms the eastern boundary of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, separating it from Washington, D.C., where the Lincoln Memorial is located on the opposite bank.
Also home to a famous national cemetery, which Virginia county contains the Pentagon?
Arlington National Cemetery, established in 1864 on Robert E. Lee's former estate, shares Arlington County, Virginia, with the Pentagon, built in 1943.
Reflecting its scale as a "city within a city," the U.S. Postal Service assigned the Pentagon its own unique what?
The Pentagon's zip code, 20301, was assigned in 1943 to handle its massive mail volume, equivalent to that of a mid-sized city with over 20,000 employees.