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Union Market Was Built on an Old Army Camp and Circus Lot

Union Market opened on February 16, 1931, at 5th Street and Florida Avenue NE, on a World War I army camp that had become the city’s circus lot. It was built by produce merchants pushed out of downtown by the Federal Triangle.

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The Willard Hotel ballroom with its roof exposed and debris covering the floor after the 1922 fireCalvin Coolidge and the Willard Hotel Fire of 1922Three horses pull a steam fire engine past spectatorsBarney, Gene and Tom: Washington’s Last Fire HorsesTongsun Park, in glasses and a paisley tie, raises his right hand to be sworn in, with the Great Seal of the United States behind him.Koreagate’s Clubhouse: Tongsun Park’s George Town ClubCaroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. in Halloween costumes with President Kennedy in the Oval Office, 1963Washington Used to Trick-or-Treat a Night Early
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