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Boss Shepherd: The Man Who Paved Washington and Cost It Home Rule
Alexander Robey “Boss” Shepherd paved Washington, lit its gas lamps, and planted 64,000 trees, then bankrupted the territorial government in 1874 and cost the city home rule for 99 years.
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Trump Painted It Blue. Henry Bacon Wanted It Invisible: A History of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
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Eastern Air Lines Flight 537: The 1949 Crash That Killed 55 Near National Airport
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