By Frank Leone How did Watergate get its name? “Watergate” could have referred to the nearby C&O Canal lock #1 and certainly related to the floating bandstand at the Lincoln Memorial steps (the water gate to the town). See Funkstown – Watergate. But Joe Rodota’s book indicates that the immediate source was the once-notable Pennsylvania Dutch style restaurant known as the Watergate Inn (1942-1966). The Inn was located at 2700 F Street, by the Rock Creek Parkway, now the site o