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A Snowball Fight to Solve Gridlock: How Fun Was This Photo of Congressional Pages Taken in 1923?

Take a look at this fun old photo taken on December 14th, 1923. It shows a large group of boys who were Congressional pages on both sides of the aisle, battling it out with snowballs. Wouldn't it be great if Members of Congress took this tactic to solve gridlock today?
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Capitol Dome and Trinity Church around 1859 (13 years before Douglass moved to DC)
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How fun is this old photo taken on December 14th, 1923? It shows a large group of boys who were Congressional pages on both sides of the aisle, battling it out with snowballs. I’d love to see Members of Congress taking this tactic to solve gridlock today.

Congressional pages have snowball fight in 1923
Congressional pages have snowball fight in 1923

Source: Library of Congress

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