The Pentagon: There’s Five Sides to this Origin Story.

 

Nothing is ever simple in the Nation’s Capital. Washington DC is a city that runs on the fuel that is politics, so rarely will one find a spade being called for what it is, a spade – that is unless you are referring to the Pentagon.

The United States Department of Defense (DOD) is often goes by its metonymic nickname, the Pentagon. The name was given in reference to the massive pentagon shaped structure that serves as the DOD’s headquarters.

So, just how did this peculiar five-sided national treasure get its shape? Lets find out…