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  • A large flock of birds swoop past the Washington Monument in the early morning.
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  • Two people are silhouetted against the lights that line the base of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
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  • Groups of tourists snap photos of their feet on the Washington Monument during the kite festival on the National Mall as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. April, 02, 2016 in Washington, DC.
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  • The last of the evening commute on Kutz Bridge in Washington, D.C. The Washington Monument is seen in background.
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  • The Washington Monument can just be made out as a storm moves in over Washington D.C.
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  • The sun begins to rise over a cherry blossom filled Tidal Basin in the early morning hours of Monday, April 13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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  • The sun begins to rise over a cherry blossom filled Tidal Basin in the early morning hours of Monday, April 13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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  • The sun begins to rise over a cherry blossom filled Tidal Basin in the early morning hours of Monday, April 13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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  • The sun begins to rise over a cherry blossom filled Tidal Basin in the early morning hours of Monday, April 13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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  • The sun begins to rise over a cherry blossom filled Tidal Basin in the early morning hours of Monday, April 13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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  • A large flock of birds swoop past the Washington Monument still undergoing repairs in the early morning.
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  • A man snaps a photo of largely deserted Connecticut Ave around Dupont Circe during the beginning of the "snowzilla" blizzard on Friday evening, January 22, 2016 in Washington, D.C.
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  • The sun begins to rise over a cherry blossom filled Tidal Basin in the early morning hours of Monday, April 13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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  • Cherry blossoms surround the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the rim of Tidal Basin at dawn on Monday, April 13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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  • The sun begins to rise over a cherry blossom filled Tidal Basin in the early morning hours of Monday, April 13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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  • The Washington Monument towers over kite flyers during the kite festival on the National Mall as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. April, 02, 2016 in Washington, DC.
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  • Northbound on 16th Street NW during the Snowzilla blizzard on January 23, 2016 in Washington, D.C.
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  • Lightning flashes over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
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  • A full moon rises over the Tidal Basin in Southwest Washington. in Washington, DC.
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  • Two women descend the steps of the Lincoln memorial during a passing storm in Washington, D.C.
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  • Cherry Blossoms are reflected in the waters of Tidal Basin on an April morning in Washington, D.C.
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  • Cherry blossoms surround the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the rim of Tidal Basin in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 12, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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  • The cherry blossoms of Tidal Basin are seen in peak bloom in the early morning hours in Washington, D.C.
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  • The cherry blossoms of Tidal Basin are seen in peak bloom in the early morning hours in Washington, D.C.
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  • A person walks at dusk along Key Bridge into the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. As seen from Water Street below.
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  • A group of rowers are silhouetted by the lights of the Nationals baseball stadium on the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington.
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  • Crew members of the Woodrow Wilson High School Novice rowing team dock their boat at the end of practice at the Thompson Boat Center in Northwest Washington.
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  • A wintery scene surrounds the Lincoln Memorial under a crescent moon in the early morning. Washington, D.C.
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  • Water gushes through a canal lock on the historic C&O canal. As seen from Thomas Jefferson Street in the Georgetown Neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Short for Chesapeake & Ohio, the canal was intended to connect the eastern seaboard with the Ohio river valley region. With construction beginning in the 1830's, the canal was overtaken by the faster and more efficient B&O railroad, and construction was halted as far as Cumberland, Maryland.
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  • The sun breaks through the clouds as it sets on the horizon after a bout of stormy weather, casting a group of walkers in shadow along the Georgetown Waterfront. Washington, D.C.
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  • Capitol Columns that lined the east portico of the Capitol from 1828 to 1958 are seen in the Ellipse Meadow. National Arboretum. Washington, D.C.
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  • Nino Dushi holds up his cousin Alexander Silaz in a fountain of water produced from a firetruck hose at the end of the route of the annual memorial day parade in Washington on May 30, 2016.
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  • A person makes their way down a snow packed M street NW during the "snowzilla" blizzard on Saturday, January 23, 2016 in Washington, D.C.
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  • The Jefferson Memorial looms in the background of the swaying trees of Tidal Basin on a windy day in Washington, D.C.
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  • Two girls gaze over Tidal Basin beneath a grove of cherry blossoms on a Spring morning in Washington, D.C.
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  • The cherry blossoms of Tidal Basin are seen in peak bloom as a crescent moon rises in the distance near the Jefferson Memorial in the early morning hours of Spring in Washington, D.C.
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  • A runner is seen in the early morning along Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.
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  • A boat is cast in shadow as it passes beneath the Arlington Memorial Bridge in the early morning hours on the Potomac River in Washington, DC.
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  • Lightning flashes across the sky over the Francis Scott Key Bridge. As seen from the overlook of the former Aqueduct Bridge. Washington, D.C.
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  • The sun breaks through the clouds over Georgetown University's Healy Hall and the business area of Georgetown in Washington, D.C.
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  • Visitors are silhouetted by lit up figures that are a part of an art installation set up in Yards Park in Southeast Washington.
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  • Two men walk along the Tidal Basin on an overcast day in Washington, D.C.
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  • A group of friends gaze over Tidal Basin beneath a grove of cherry blossoms on the morning of Monday, April 13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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  • A photographer watches as the sun begins to rise over a cherry blossom filled Tidal Basin in the early morning hours in Washington, D.C.
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  • A flock of Seagulls stand on a frozen over Tidal Basin as the Jefferson Memorial is shrouded in fog in Washington, D.C.
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  • A line of hungry shoppers are shrouded in steam outside of Jessie Taylor at the Maine Ave. Fish Market along Fisherman's Wharf just after sunset in Washington, D.C.
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  • A bus rider is seen while passing the Friendship Arch in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
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  • Night over the US Capitol Building. Washington, D.C.
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  • A pedestrian waits for the walking signal on Constitution Avenue and 17th Street at the onset of a downpour from passing storms over Washington DC.
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  • The cherry blossoms of Tidal Basin are seen in peak bloom as a crescent moon rises in the distance near the Jefferson Memorial in the early morning hours of Spring in Washington, D.C.
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  • Protesters chant for justice in the case of Michael Brown on November 24, 2014 in Washington, D.C. The protest was in response to a decision by a grand jury to not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown in August earlier this year. November, 24, 2014 in Washington, DC.
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  • A lone person walks along the frozen C&O canal in Georgetown. Washington, D.C.
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  • A briefcase carrying man walks through Georgetown University at sunset. Washington, D.C.
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  • Spectators watch and take pictures as the sun begins to rise over a cherry blossom filled Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.
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  • Lightning stretches across the sky above the Washington Monument; reflecting in the waters off tidal basin near the Jefferson Memorial.
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  • History is not just around you in Washington, you're most likely standing or driving on it as well. Take the bridge connecting Pennsylvania Avenue to Georgetown for example. This bridge doesn’t just carry traffic; it’s been carrying the very water Washingtonians drink and shower with since the Civil War. <br />
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Until the 1850’s, Pennsylvania avenue ended at Rock Creek, the only bridge into Georgetown being the M Street bridge. More importantly however, Georgetown and Washington had no clean or dependable water supply, relying instead on a mishmash of natural springs throughout the area that were often disease-ridden. After a fire in the Library of Congress destroyed over 30,000 books, funding was approved by Congress to build an effective water delivery system for the growing Capital. The project was overseen by Montgomery Meigs, who devised a massive, ambitious aqueduct system spanning from Great Falls to the Washington Navy Yard. Using open conduits, tunnels and bridges to transport the water via gravity through three separate reservoirs, the aqueduct was one of the first major water projects in the United States and was celebrated as an engineering marvel upon its completion after eight years of construction. The Pennsylvania avenue bridge is just one part of that elaborate water system, and was celebrated in its own right, with the aqueduct pipes simultaneously serving as the main support for the bridge itself. The superstructure of the old bridge was replaced with a stone facade as part of an expansion plan in 1916. However, the original pipes remain after 150 years; hidden behind the stone and underneath our tires.
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  • The yellow painted house of the Fort Washington Park visitor center stands in stark contrast with the surrounding snowy landscape in late winter. Fort Washington, MD.
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  • People line the Potomac River to watch the annual fireworks display over the national mall on July 4th, 2016. While low clouds obscured a large portion of the display, those close to their launch point still enjoyed quite a show.
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  • Visitors of the Lincoln Memorial are reflected in a puddle after a passing storm.
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  • A bolt of lightning strikes the ground near downtown, as seen from 7th and M street outside the Convention Center metro station.
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  • The United House of Prayer marching band parades down N street in the Shaw neighborhood in evening light.
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  • Among the thousands of commuters who pass daily over D.C.’s Chain Bridge, some may wonder; just where are the chains? <br />
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The chains haven’t been around since the actual chain-suspension bridge from which the name originated was overcome by storms and flooding in 1840, yet the name has stuck to every new bridge built to replace it since. But that is just one piece of Chain Bridge’s rich history. The span over which Chain Bridge is built is one of the oldest crossing routes in the vicinity of the capital. In fact, the wood covered bridge that was built here in 1797 was the very first bridge to span the Potomac River. This cycle of bridges being created and destroyed by the elements continued up to the Civil War, when the sixth chain bridge (a crossbeam truss design with no chains) played a vital role in the supply and movement of Union army encampments throughout fairfax county. Because of its close proximity to the capital, the bridge was heavily guarded by sentries and artillery throughout the war. While today’s (eighth and final, so far) chain bridge was built in 1939, it stands on the stone piers of the seventh chain bridge built shortly after the civil war in the early 1870’s.
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  • A full moon overhead illuminates the Potomac River and city of Alexandria, VA. As seen from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Images from Occupy DC and the people who occupied.
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  • Night over Waterfront Park. Alexandria, VA
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  • Light trails from passing cars streak down 18th street in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington DC.
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  • At the foot of the George Washington Monument C.1826 at the summit of South Mountain, Maryland. It was here that the Army of the Potomac broke through the rearguard of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia after discovering special order 191, Robert E. Lee's battle plans for the Invasion of the North inside a cigar box near a farm outside of Frederick. The top secret plans described in detail how the already outnumbered confederate army had been divided into 5 corps and spread out. Lee himself quickly learned via confederate spies in Washington that his plans had been discovered, <br />
and immediately cancelled the planned invasion. Lee then ordered his divided army to regroup outside the nearby town of Sharpsburg, where the Confederate army would cross the Potomac River back to the safety Virginia. But Lee wasn't going to abandon everything after coming this far with nothing to show for it. Lee ordered his rebel army to make a stand against the oncoming army of the Potomac on the banks of a nearby creek called Antietam.
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  • At the foot of the George Washington Monument C.1826 at the summit of South Mountain, Maryland. It was here that the Army of the Potomac broke through the rearguard of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia after discovering special order 191, Robert E. Lee's battle plans for the Invasion of the North inside a cigar box near a farm outside of Frederick. The top secret plans described in detail how the already outnumbered army had been divided into 5 corps and spread out. Lee himself quickly learned through spies in Washington that his plans had been discovered, <br />
and immediately cancelled the planned invasion. Lee then ordered his divided army to regroup outside the nearby town of Sharpsburg, where the Confederate army would cross the Potomac River back to the safety Virginia. Unwilling to abandon his army’s first invasion of the North with nothing to show for it, Lee ordered his men to make a stand against the oncoming Army of the Potomac along the banks of Antietam Creek.
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  • On the night of October 16th 1859 a party of 17 armed men led by the militant abolitionist John Brown crossed the Potomac River over the B&O railroad bridge to seize the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry and its stockpile of 100,000 rifles and muskets. With these weapons, Brown intended to facilitate an armed slave uprising that would begin in Virginia and move South along the Blue Ridge as word of the revolt spread. The raid was initially successful. Brown's men seized the railroad bridge, rounded up the town's watchmen, cut the telegraph wire and seized the arsenal complex (guarded by a single sentry) without incident. It all went downhill from there. <br />
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Brown's entire plan hinged on the assumption that slaves in the surrounding countryside would flock to him after receiving word of the raid. However, no slaves were made aware of the planned attack, and consequently Brown quickly found himself surrounded in the morning not by eager runaway slaves but by angry townspeople and militia. Volleys were exchanged and hostages taken as Brown and his men retreated into the Arsenal's engine house (known today as John Brown's Fort)  barricading themselves inside. <br />
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Meanwhile, An eastbound B&O train stopped by Brown's men earlier that morning was allowed to continue forward, whose conductor quickly wired a telegram reporting the raid to officials in Baltimore. In a matter of hours, Washington was alerted to the attack. President Buchanan dispatched a detachment of U.S. Marines led by Col. Robert E. Lee; future commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, to end the siege and capture John Brown. The Marines arrived in Harper's Ferry the next day. Brown refused to surrender himself in exchange for the lives of his remaining men, and the marines stormed the engine house to take Brown prisoner.
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  • Located 14 miles upstream from DC, Great Falls lies along the Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line where the Piedmont Plateau meets the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The series of cascades descend a total of 76 feet over less than a mile, making it the steepest fall line rapids of any river on the Eastern Seaboard. The falls themselves were created over thousands of years dating from the last ice age when the sea level dropped, resulting in the Potomac carving deep into the surrounding rock as it made its way to the Chesapeake.
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  • Located 14 miles upstream from DC, Great Falls lies along the Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line where the Piedmont Plateau meets the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The series of cascades descend a total of 76 feet over less than a mile, making it the steepest fall line rapids of any river on the Eastern Seaboard. The falls themselves were created over thousands of years dating from the last ice age when the sea level dropped, resulting in the Potomac carving deep into the surrounding rock as it made its way to the Chesapeake.
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  • Downtown Seattle and the space needle as seen from Kerry Park.
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  • Downtown as seen from Kerry Park. Seattle, WA
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  • Cherry blossoms along Tidal Basin are illuminated with a flash as the Washington Monument looms in the distance in this long exposure taken in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 01, 2019.
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  • An unidentified protester is tended to by paramedics after being hit by a vehicle that drove through a line of protesters attempting to block the street. The protesters were demonstrating against the "Defending the American Dream" summit at the Washington D.C. Convention Center. An event sponsored by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation. November 04, 2011 in Northwest Washington.
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  • An Antifa protester stands with other demonstrators on 17th street during the "Unite the Right 2" rally in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, August 12, 2018.
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  • Three men walk into the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial amidst cherry blossoms in full bloom along Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 01, 2019.
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  • Kanawha City Elementary school student Derrick Johnson, 5, and his brother David Johnson, 3 stand with others gathered on the steps of the Capitol building in Charleston, W.V., on Saturday, March 24, 2018 in solidarity with the March for Our Lives rally in Washington organized by survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. "After the Parkland shooting I was scared to death to send my son to school" Their mother Carrie Samuels (not pictured) said.
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  • Journalists photograph a type of smoke grenade placed by Antifa-activists in the middle of 17th street during the "Unite the Right 2" rally in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, August 12, 2018.
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  • Jason Kessler marches with other white supremacists to Lafayette Square during the "Unite the Right 2" rally in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, August 12, 2018.
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  • A great blue heron stands on the edge of the C&O Canal at dusk. As seen from along the towpath at Great Falls in Potomac, MD. <br />
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The C&O Canal was created in the 1830's in an effort to connect the Ohio River Valley frontier with the East Coast. However, trains were beginning to come onto the scene around the time of construction. Beginning with the B&O Railroad based out of Baltimore, trains could carry much larger cargos than canal boats, travel faster and be constructed far easier than digging and dredging canals. Construction was halted at Cumberland Maryland, 100 miles west of Washington, as the railroad arrived at Pittsburgh, making the canals original purposes obsolete. Nonetheless, the canal was widely used for transportation of raw materials such as coal from mines in West Virginia. The canal fell into disuse by the 20th century, and the National Parks Service purchased the canal in the 1930's.
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  • Rays of light from the setting sun illuminate the ruins of Seneca Stone Cutting Mill.<br />
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Located on the banks of Seneca Creek and the Potomac River, Seneca Quarry provided Washington D.C. with a steady supply of sandstone that was both durable and beautiful for itís unique bright-crimson hue. This "Seneca redstone", finely cut and polished in this mill, is everywhere throughout the District, from the Smithsonian Castle, Cabin John Bridge, Arlington National Cemeteryís boundary wall and Luther Place Church in Thomas Circle to numerous houses throughout Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan. <br />
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Beginning in the 1870ís, The millís fortunes declined through financial mismanagement and flood damages. By the turn of the century the quality of the quarried stone had degraded significantly, and the victorian architecture that relied on material such as seneca redstone fell out of popularity. The Seneca quarry shut down operations for good in 1901, leaving the mill to crumble and decay.
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  • Two people are silhouetted by a passing car along an unlit Washington Street as power rained out after a tornado tore through Charleston, W.V., on June 24, 2019. (Craig Hudson/The Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
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  • Protesters are reflected in the glass of a White House security checkpoint on 17th street during the "Unite the Right 2" rally in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, August 12, 2018.
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  • The C&O Canal (short for Chesapeake and Ohio) is seen at dusk along the towpath at Great Falls in Potomac, MD. <br />
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The C&O Canal was created in the 1830's in an effort to connect the Ohio River Valley frontier with the East Coast. However, trains were beginning to come onto the scene around the time of construction. Beginning with the B&O Railroad based out of Baltimore, trains could carry much larger cargos than canal boats, travel faster and be constructed far easier than digging and dredging canals. Construction was halted at Cumberland Maryland, 100 miles west of Washington, as the railroad arrived at Pittsburgh, making the canals original purposes obsolete. Nonetheless, the canal was widely used for transportation of raw materials such as coal from mines in West Virginia. The canal fell into disuse by the 20th century, and the National Parks Service purchased the canal in the 1930's.
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