Watergate Complex - Site of the 1972 Break-In

The Watergate complex on the Potomac River is the site where burglars connected to President Nixon's re-election campaign were arrested on June 17, 1972, after breaking into Democratic National Committee offices, an event that triggered the Watergate scandal. Investigations into the break-in and subsequent cover-up led to numerous convictions and ultimately to President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974. The complex includes offices, residences, and a hotel and remains widely associated with the political scandal that reshaped modern American media and legal oversight of government. Portions of the complex have been redeveloped but the site retains its historic association with the scandal.