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Uncovering History: A Look at the 1913 Procession from Hyattsville to DC

Take a look back in time to the summer of 1913 with this photo from the Library of Congress. It shows a procession from Hyattsville to DC to present a petition to Congress.
Lafayette Park seen from the Old Executive Office Building in 1919 (RU007355 - Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, 1919-1924, Smithsonian Institution Archives )
Meridian Hill Park in 1976

Here’s a photo that we dug up from the Library of Congress. It shows a procession in the summer of 1913 coming from Hyattsville to DC to present a petition to Congress.

Procession Summer 1913. Delegation Coming in from Hyattsville to present petition from all parts of the U.S.
Procession Summer 1913. Delegation Coming in from Hyattsville to present petition from all parts of the U.S.

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