The town gave its name to the mansion in [[Washington DC]], “''Dumbarton Oaks''”, which hosted the international conference in 1944 that prepared for the creation of the [[United Nations]]. Earlier, a popular ''Dumbarton Oaks'' [[concerto]] for orchestra was commissioned from [[Igor Stravinsky]] as an anniversary present by the owner, Robert Woods Bliss. | The town gave its name to the mansion in [[Washington DC]], “''Dumbarton Oaks''”, which hosted the international conference in 1944 that prepared for the creation of the [[United Nations]]. Earlier, a popular ''Dumbarton Oaks'' [[concerto]] for orchestra was commissioned from [[Igor Stravinsky]] as an anniversary present by the owner, Robert Woods Bliss. |