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Day: February 2, 2012

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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom program (1963)

March on Washington – “We Shall Overcome”

I started poking through the National Archives database the other day and came across the official program from the August 28th, 1963 March on Washington. This would have been a good one to share on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Queen Liliuokalani, last royal ruler of Hawaii (1917)

Hawaiian ex-Queen Liliʻuokalani Comes to Washington

This might be the most unique ideas for a post that I have come up with thus far. Hopefully you will agree and enjoy reading it. I love Hawaii (who doesn’t?) and over the years I’ve been fortunate enough to

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Two elderly convention attendees in 1916 (Library of Congress)

1916 Convention of Former Slaves in Washington

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Mid-1990s Photo of Arlington

The Story of Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s Mansion

Shark Attacks in the Potomac in 1911?

What Is the History of CIA’s Langley Headquarters?

Tysons Corner history: What it looked like in 1936

Tysons Corner History, Formerly Peach Grove

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Today's Featured Posts

"Municipal Building, Southern Railway, and Post Office Department, from the Willard Hotel roof." An ethereal, almost spectral view of Pennsylvania Avenue at 14th Street N.W. in Washington circa 1921, with the Old Post Office tower at left. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

Streets of Washington Circa 1921

tank rolling through Washington during World War I

Whoa! Tank Rolling Through DC (Where Is This?)

Lincoln's second inauguration

Extremely Rare 1865 Photo of Lincoln’s Second Inauguration

aerial view of Temple Heights in the early 1930s (Library of Congress)

Lost History: Oak Lawn and an Aerial View Before the Washington Hilton

1906 Ford

1906 Speed Limit Set: 12 Miles Per Hour

D.C. Commissioner, Melvin Hazen, who chose the design, is pictured with the new flag October 17th, 1938 (Library of Congress)

What Is The Flag of Washington, D.C.?

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"Full size mockup of partial Metro station 1968" from Harry Weese Associates' 1994 book describing Metro's early plans.

Metro’s 17-Foot Long “Experimental Station” in 1968

Map of Washington Subdivisions in 1961

What Did Petworth Look Like in the 1930s?

1890s Map of Diarrhea Deaths in Washington

The Doors play the Washington Hilton - 1967

The Doors Concert at the Washington Hilton in 1967

Robert Todd Lincoln at His Father’s Memorial Dedication

Au Pied de Cochon

Remember Au Pied de Cochon?

Video Visualizing Early Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln colorized (1865)

Abraham Lincoln in Color (1865)

Susan Ford gettin' down in the East Room with her date

Senior Prom at the White House

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