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Bugler Plays Taps at Kennedy’s Funeral

1960s, Arlington National Cemetery, John F Kennedy, videos

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Exactly 50 years ago today, JFK was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Below is footage of the gun salute and the bugler playing taps.

READ: Grand Army of the Republic Parade in 1902

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Henry Bacon’s Competition Proposal for a Monument to Abraham Lincoln, 1912

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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

Why Is It Named Trinidad?

Map of Washington Subdivisions in 1961

The Story of Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s Mansion

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Video Visualizing Early Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln colorized (1865)

Abraham Lincoln in Color (1865)

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Senior Prom at the White House

Anti-Saloon League slogan

Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Not Touch Ours

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Amazing View From Capitol Dome in 1863

Looking toward the west side of the United States Capitol building, a panoramic view of the city of Washington, D.C. shows the Mall area in the foreground before the railroad tracks were removed. A train is visible on the tracks. The domed structure in front of the Capitol is the Botanic Garden original octagonal greenhouse of 1859 and behind it the central pavilion added after the Civil War. The buildings were razed in 1932. The Botanic Garden was on a site previously occupied by the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences in Washington, D.C.

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