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Town Marshall, Charles Collins, ticketing a car along Conduit Road (MacArthur Boulevard). Note the 12MPH limit. ca. 1907

The Consequences of the Glen Echo Speed Limit: A Letter from a GoDCer

Read a letter from a GoDCer about the amusing consequences of the six-mile-per-hour speed limit in Glen Echo, Maryland in 1907. The story even precipitated an international incident!

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Glen Echo Speed Limit in 1905: Six Miles an Hour!

Can you believe that the speed limit in Glen Echo was six miles an hour back in 1905?

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President Reagan signing National Minimum Drinking Age Act into law

History of the Drinking Age in Washington, D.C.

Photo shows night view of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., decorated with electric lights for the first inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Electric Lights and the New Era of Progress: Remembering President Woodrow Wilson's Inauguration

1791 L'Enfant Plan of the new city

Why Is There No J Street in Washington, DC?

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Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of the United States..

Why is Washington, DC Called the District of Columbia?

Lincoln Memorial in 1917

A Rare Look Back: The Lincoln Memorial in 1917 During Construction

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Photo of Boyish Kennedy and Nixon

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HWA recommendation for the vehicle color - glossy red

Metro Trains Were Almost Bright Red!

View of Aqueduct Bridge and Rosslyn from Georgetown, ca. 1900. The American Brewery is located in upper right. (Arlington Public Library)

Fire and Explosions Threaten to Destroy Rosslyn

Children playing in the Defrees Alley, NE Washington, D.C.; Near Capitol Building; One basement room rents for $9.00 a month, two rooms upstairs for $ 16.00, one bath and cold water in the hall for entire building.. Wolcott, Marion Post -- Photographer

A Look Back at Defrees Alley in Washington D.C.

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