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Capitalization Examples A Administration, with name; capitalized A-bomb standing alone if Federal unit: abstract B, 1, etc. Farmers Home Academy: Food and Drug Air Force; the Academy Maritime Andover; the academy Transportation Security Coast Guard; the Academy but Obama administration; Merchant Marine; the Academy administration bill, policy, etc. Military; the Academy Administrative Law Judge Davis; Judge National Academy of Sciences; the Davis; an administrative law judge Academy of Sciences; the academy Admiralty, British, etc. Naval; the Academy Admiralty, Lord of the but service academies Adobe Acrobat Reader accord, Paris peace (see Agreement) Adviser, Legal (Department of State) accords, Helsinki Africa: Act (Federal, State, or foreign), short or east popular title or with number; the act: East Coast Affordable Care north Appropriations South Classification South-West (Territory of) Clear Skies West Coast Economy African American (noun) Flood Control African-American (adjective) Military Selective Service Agency, if part of name; capitalized No Child Left Behind standing alone if referring to Organic Act of Virgin Islands Federal unit: Panama Canal Central Intelligence; the Agency PATRIOT Agent Orange Revenue Age(s): Sarbanes-Oxley Age of Discovery Stockpiling Dark Ages Tariff Elizabethan Age Trademark Golden Age (of Pericles only) Walsh-Healey Act; but Walsh-Healey Middle Ages law (or bill) but atomic age; Cambrian age; copper act, labor-management relations age; ice age; missile age; rocket age; Acting, if part of capitalized title space age; stone age; etc. Active Duty Agreement, with name; the agreement: Adjutant General, the (see The) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); the general agreement 45 46 Chapter 4 International Coffee Agreement; the Western Powers coffee agreement Allied (World Wars I and II): North American Free-Trade armies Agreement (NAFTA) Governments Status of Forces; but status-of-forces Nations agreements peoples United States-Canada Free-Trade Powers; the powers; but European Agreement; the free-trade agreement powers but the Geneva agreement; the Potsdam Supreme Allied Commander agreement; Paris peace agreement Allies, the (World Wars I and II); also Air Force: members of Western bloc (political Air National Guard (see National) entity); but our allies; weaker allies, Base (with name); Air Force base (see etc. Base; Station) al-Qaida Civil Air Patrol; Civil Patrol; the patrol Alzheimer(’s) disease Command (see Command) Ambassador: One (Presidential plane) British, etc.; the Ambassador; the Reserve Senior Ambassador; His Excellency Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Airport: LaGuardia; Reagan National; the Ambassador; Ambassador at the airport Large; an ambassador Alaska Native: amendment: the Native; but Ohio native, a Baker amendment native of Alaska, etc. Social Security Amendments of 1983; Al Jazeera 1983 amendments; the Social Security Alliance, Farmers’, etc.; the alliance amendments; the amendments alliances and coalitions (see also powers): to the Constitution (U.S.); but First Allied Powers; the powers (World Amendment, 14th Amendment, etc.; Wars I and II) the Amendment Atlantic alliance American: Axis, the; Axis Powers; the powers Federation of Labor and Congress of Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Industrial Organizations (AFL−CIO); Luxembourg) the federation Big Four (European); of the Pacific Gold Star Mothers, Inc.; Gold Star Big Three Mothers; a Mother Central Powers; the powers (World Legion (see Legion) War I) National Red Cross; the Red Cross Coalition of the Willing War Mothers; a Mother European Economic Community AmeriCorps Program Fritalux (France, Italy, Benelux Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger countries) Corporation) North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; a (see Organization) Mason; a Freemason Capitalization Examples 47 Annex, if part of name of building; the National Cemetery (see Cemetery) annex Arm, Infantry, etc. (military); the arm Antarctic Ocean (see Arctic; Ocean) Armed Forces (synonym for overall appendix 1, A, II, etc.; the appendix; but Military Establishment): Appendix II (when part of title); British Appendix II: 1 Education Directory Retirement Home (AFRH) appropriation bill (see also bill): of the United States deficiency armed services Department of Agriculture armistice for any governmental unit Armory, Springfield, etc.; the armory independent offices Army, American or foreign, if part of name; aquaculture; acquiculture capitalized standing alone only if Arab States referring to U.S. Army: Arabic numerals Active; Active-Duty Arboretum, National; the Arboretum Adjutant General, the Archipelago, Philippine, etc.; the All-Volunteer archipelago Band (see Band) Architect of the Capitol; the Architect branches; Gordon Highlanders; Royal Archivist of the United States; the Archivist Guards; etc. Arctic: Brigade, 1st, etc.; the brigade; Circle Robinson’s brigade currents Command (see Command) Ocean Command and General Staff College zone (see College) but subarctic Company A; A Company; the company arctic (descriptive adjective): Confederate (referring to Southern clothing Confederacy); the Confederates conditions Continental; Continentals fox Corps, Reserve (see Corps) grass District of Washington (military); the night district seas Division, 1st, etc.; the division Area, if part of name; the area: Engineers (the Corps of Engineers); the Cape Hatteras Recreational Engineers; but Army engineer White Pass Recreation; etc. Establishment but area 2; free trade area; Metropolitan Field Establishment Washington area; bay area; Field Forces (see Forces) nonsmoking area Finance Department; the Department Arlington: 1st, etc. Memorial Amphitheater; the Memorial General of the Army; but the general Amphitheater; the amphitheater General Staff; the Staff Memorial Bridge (see Bridge) Headquarters, 1st Regiment 1 The colon is preferred; a dash is permissible; but a comma is too weak. 48 Chapter 4 Headquarters of the; the headquarters Astrophysical Observatory (see Regiment, 1st, etc.; the regiment Observatory) Regular Army officer; a Regular Atlantic (see also Pacific): Revolutionary (American, British, Charter (see Charter) French, etc.) coast service Coast States Surgeon General, the (see Surgeon community General) Destroyer Flotilla; the destroyer flotilla; Volunteer; the Volunteers; a Volunteer the flotilla army: Fleet (see Fleet) Lee’s army; but Clark’s 5th Army mid-Atlantic mobile North mule, shoe, etc. seaboard of occupation; occupation army slope Red South Arsenal, Rock Island, etc.; the arsenal time, standard time (see time) article 15; but Article 15, when part of title: but cisatlantic; transatlantic Article 15: Uniform Code of Attorney General (U.S. or foreign country); Military Justice but attorney general of Maine, etc. Articles: attorney, U.S. of Confederation (U.S.) Authority, capitalized standing alone if of Impeachment; the articles referring to Federal unit: Asian American (noun) National Shipping; the Authority Asian-American (adjective) Port Authority of New York and New Assembly (see United Nations) Jersey; the port authority; the Assembly of New York; the assembly (see authority also Legislative Assembly) Tennessee Valley; the Authority Assistant, if part of capitalized title; the Auto Train (Amtrak) assistant autumn assistant, Presidential (see Presidential) Avenue, Constitution, etc.; the avenue Assistant Secretary (see Secretary) Award: Associate Justice (see Supreme Court) Academy Association, if part of name; capitalized Distinguished Service standing alone if referring to Merit Federal unit: Mother of the Year American Association for the the award (see also decorations, etc.) Advancement of Science; the Axis, the (see alliances) association Ayatollah; an ayatollah Federal National Mortgage (Fannie Mae); the Association B Young Women’s Christian; the baby boomer association Badlands (SD and NE) Balkan States (see States) Capitalization Examples 49 Baltic States (see States) battlefield, Bull Run, etc. Band, if part of name; the band: battleground, Manassas, etc. Army, Marine, Navy Bay, San Francisco Bay area; the bay area Bank, if part of name; the bank; capitalized Belt, if part of name; the belt: standing alone if referring to Bible international bank: Farm Export-Import Bank of the United States; Rust Ex-Im Bank; the Bank Sun Farm Loan Bank of Dallas; Dallas Farm but money belt Loan Bank; farm loan bank; farm loan Beltway, capitalized with name; the beltway bank at Dallas Bench (see Supreme Bench) Farmers & Mechanics, etc. Benelux (see alliances) Federal Land Bank of Louisville; Bible; Biblical; Scriptures; Ten Louisville Federal Land Bank; land Commandments; etc. (see also book) bank at Louisville; Federal land bank bicentennial Federal Reserve Bank of New York; bill, Kiess; Senate bill 217; House bill 31 (see Richmond Federal Reserve Bank; also appropriation bill) but Reserve bank at Richmond; Bill of Rights (historic document); but GI Federal Reserve bank; Reserve bill of rights bank; Reserve city Bizonia; bizonal; bizone First National, etc. Black (African American) German Central; the Bank Black Caucus (see Congressional) International Bank for Reconstruction bloc (see Western) and Development; the Bank block (grants) but blood bank, central reserve, soil bank Bluegrass region, etc. Bar, if part of name; Maryland (State) Bar Bluetooth Association; Maryland (State) bar; the B’nai B’rith State bar; the bar association Board, if part of name; capitalized standing