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1790. it was the biggest city at the time. you had open, sewers, very little buildings, and you also had slavery. the largest slave trading organization in the united states was based in washington, d.c., until 1846 when that part of washington, d.c., was returned to the state of virginia. you may be aware that interna... |
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there are a lot of free blacks in washington, but there were a lot of slaves as well. it was really with the civil war that the debate about whether or not the federal government should keep the capital here in washington or move elsewhere was .inally put to rest this was when washington, d.c., began to grow and take o... |
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war they would have to fortify the city. it also became a magnet for escaping slaves, and there was a in theroup of slaves southern states who fled to washington and who lived in what they called contraband camps, and this also swelled the population of the city. i would say that washington, d.c., is the place to be if... |
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it only opened in 2008. president lincoln spent about one quarter of his presidency in the lincoln cottage. it's fairly modest, but it was outside of the center of the city. it was away from the white house for people who were always bothering him about something, and away from the disease and the heat of downtown wash... |
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symbol of the union. if you go to the grounds of the lincoln cottage today, you can walk and see the capitol dome from there, and it remains a very inspiring site. also, sadly, you can go to the ford theater, where he was shot, and then you can cross the street and go to the peterson house where abraham lincoln died. y... |
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the remnants of fort stevens are well worth a visit today. of the things, of course, where you can feel the spirit of abraham lincoln is the lincoln memorial. it was not built until -- open until 1926, but you can still very much go there and feel who this man is, what he brought to our country, what his ideals and goa... |
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after the civil war, washington was the capital of the winning side, and that brought it increasing credibility. there was no more talk of moving the capital elsewhere. washington, d.c., became solidified as the united states after the civil war, there were several people who sought to beautify the city. one who was fr... |
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's beautiful movement, and many of the really beautiful buildings -- i personally think the library of congress is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. union station from 1908 compares favorably with any train station and if you have been to penn station in new york, you know what i'm talking about. and th... |
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home from that time that is open to the public and is free is the anderson house, which is on assachusetts avenue and is lovely visit. also after the civil war, one aspect -- several aspects, actually, of l'enfant's original plan were fulfilled. one was the mall. the mall was cleaned up. and the smithsonian institution... |
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smithsonian institutions in washington, most of which are on continuingnd we are to build in 2015 the national museum of african american will open. the museum of natural history is the second most attended museum in the world. only the louvre in paris beats us out. air and space, i believe, is number three. these are ... |
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.cott, thomas, logan, mcpherson what am i missing? you know, just one after the other, these were civil war generals. dupont. civil war generals -- seward was .ecretary of state this all came about in the second half of the 19th century. finally, there was some money, and there was the commitment to washington of the c... |
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and again, we celebrate the fact that he left after two terms and declined the opportunity to turn newpresidency into a american monarchy, but he gave some good advice. foreign "no entanglements. stay out of it. focus on business at home." by a large, most of the 19th century, that's what americans did. even woodrow wi... |
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but in most cases, the motivation for them is preserving freedom and democracy and american national security. washington, d.c., has become the center and the focal point for national military museums and memorials in the country. you only have to go to the world war ii memorial and see the world war ii veterans who co... |
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find it quintessentially name,an, has a very long so i always forget it. i have to read it, but it is the national japanese-american memorial to patriotism during world war ii. it is actually quite close to the heritage foundation. it is on the senate side of the capital. this veryriking about small memorial, which inv... |
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so there were large caps set up across the country to intern them during the duration of the war. an memorial includes official united states government apology to the japanese issued by president ronald reagan. the other half of the memorial and what makes this striking is it recognizes the service of the 2ndr 42nd re... |
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inspire others, and that have made washington known internationally as the capital of the free world. there were other movements in washington in the 20th century. they made this the place to come, the place to be. one of my favorites that i like to talk about early in the 20th century is the women's suffrage movement.... |
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had to be crazy. also, the women suffragettes were the first to picket the white house, which has become a long-standing tradition in american protest. if there is something you do not like, there is a permitting process today, but you can go and pick at the white house. it was the women suffragettes who started that. ... |
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touring. the department of interior -- beautiful ansell adams photographs. other beautiful artifacts. many people do not realize that you can tour the treasury .uilding this is an absolutely beautiful building. the cash rooms. you can go and see where andrew johnson sat after he succeeded abraham lincoln, and he was wa... |
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contributed greatly to changing racial relations in this country and leading to greater equality and justice in this country. but there have been many, many , discussions, and washington is very often the center of those, and very often, at the lincoln memorial, this president who did so much to keep the country togeth... |
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capitol, and reflect upon what your country means to you. thank you very much. [applause] >> stop and smell the roses of the district for a change. we will take questions. we do have copies of the book available for purchase, and allison will be glad to sign them and talk with you up here, but if you have questions, we... |
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experience? >> i think it is partly -- i mean, when you go into the u.s. and see, there are two rooms where the supreme court .at they are absolutely beautiful rooms. they are very significant. i don't think that it was necessarily dismissing the judicial branch, but certainly, and again, there is debate on this in was... |
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legislative branch and not down with the executive branch. >> questions from the audience? surely. sorry, wait for the microphone, please. >> are there historic buildings in washington that are in danger of decaying or being lost? >> there are. in fact, there is a very active website where they monitor buildings at ris... |
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population again grew. threats that has come to buildings. explained it is 12 chapters. there is a brief narrative in each chapter, and then you go to the site that illustrates the narrative. we are also fortunate because there were so many buildings that were almost torn down that were at risk, whether it was the eise... |
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classic style. here you have the old post office pavilion, which is romanesque and sticks out like a sore thumb. now it is becoming a luxury hotel. so it will be preserved. but maybe it would be nice if it could have been preserved as the .ost-office another example of that, although i think a good outcome occurred, is... |
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it has been sitting empty for years. now it is going to be an arts space, so the building will be preserved, and franklin square is going to be spruced up. it's greatly in need even of grass, frankly. i admire these people. they watch it every day. there are a group of people who live in washington who are very activis... |
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lincoln cottage. one that i forgot to mention that i would recommend highly to all of you before the summer is over for all of you, if you really want to get your patriotic juices flowing, if you go to the marine war memorial, commonly known as the iwo jima memorial, they have concerts on tuesday nights. they are free.... |
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a real american flag is flowing, and you look beyond to the city of washington. even now, it gives me goosebumps. i hope people know about that. all the military services have wonderful free concerts. i do have in the book free contribution or interest-free -- or entrance fee. there is so much that is free in the city.... |
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rushmore. i would also highly recommend the museum of american history. americana wing on military involvement, military history, and i came around the corner. i had seen this beautiful statue of general sheridan on his horse, and there is reagan's he stuffed inrienzi the smithsonian. he's this beautiful black horse, w... |
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and say what you will -- it's clean. i think it functions well. it moves a lot of people. they had a tragedy in moscow recently, and we have had our tragedies here, too, but i love the metro, and i think it is our right to complain about it. the blue lineor because they are apparently going to be put at a disadvantage ... |
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learn in the last couple of years was the u line arena on h street, which is today and abandoned shell of itself, was actually the sight of the first beatles concert in the united withs and had a history the civil rights movement as well. i wondered if you had some history about some of the more culturally significant ... |
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village at arlington cemetery. howard theatre and the lincoln theater. i tried not to include commercial entities. i thought if i started down this path, and because all , i electeds so much not to do that, but because i had ford's theatre and the kennedy center, i wanted to put lincoln theater and howard the in.-- how... |
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.ut the national cathedral in a very vibrant religious history, but i touch upon those rather than to go in to them deeply. i have a question before we go on. i want to ask this question here because i know it is a very educated audience, and i have asked this question of other groups where i have spoken -- which presi... |
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reapplied for united states citizenship. it was gerald ford who pardoned him. so i am 100% on that one. shows and movies center around washington, d.c. i would like to hear your opinion on whether or not this accurately depicts the city and all of its beauty. >> that bruce willis movie that i love, "live free or die," ... |
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of cards" is filmed in baltimore . for me, i have lived here for 30 years, and it just bothers me too much. i watch murder stuff -- tbs murder mysteries. but if it brings in tax dollars, why not? revenue, why not? >> the washington monument is off-center, and i wondered if you could tell us a little bit of the reasonin... |
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butght back from egypt, actually, if you look at washington, it was more or less on the perpendicular intersection of a point between the capital and the white house, so it is pretty close. there is a map in the center of a nationalhich is park service map, and one of the happy discoveries i made was that this map was ... |
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including the three commissioners, so they dismissed him. it was actually quite sad. thathave this in my book he was never paid for his book. he repeatedly petitioned to be paid. he was not paid, and he died in poverty. he was buried, and i'm not sure exactly where he was buried, but in the 19th century in a state of h... |
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man'sdecided to have freed village on the grounds of arlington, and this was also the grounds of arlington cemetery. in the 20th century -- i'm answering way more than your question, but where the lincoln memorial was built, and then the memorial bridge joined arlington house, they look at each other in a grand gesture... |
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stoddard's old house and some of these other places that had been .here i was wondering whether you were able to -- i think now is the time to rediscover this. especially now. i think it is the 200th anniversary of the burning of washington, which used as its .ase bladensburg >> right. yeah, i do not have anything on b... |
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"12 years a slave." i also have the home of benjamin banneker -- well, his home museum but there is a there. i do not have bladensburg. it was called when the american calledrs of washington the bladensburg races because they retreated so fast. it is worth exploring. the history press who published my book is wonderful... |
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memorial outside in the archives, and then there's the new one. do you know why they built a new one when the old one was what fdr specified? well -- and i think i forgot a few. the congressional cemetery, pierce mill, the old fdr memorial -- i forgot to put that in, but it is still there. there's a lot of controversy ... |
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because he needs a building. well, he has a building. i don't know. i don't remember exactly. abouttalking to someone the jefferson memorial, and fdr that memorial. apparently, it is because jefferson was a democrat, and there had been a huge memorial to lincoln, the republican. there is a little bit -- when the state ... |
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how does this happen? it'sll, you know, i mean, true, but even mentioning the and iower memorial -- have not followed all the ups of downs of that, but one the latest revisions is apparently to take down this huge metal curtain that would have obstructed the clear view from one aspect of washington -- would have extrac... |
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away from the central government buildings, but i live in maryland. if you want to see interesting development, go to bethesda. i mean, it's a mess, but it won't cause any more traffic. as we all know wherever we live, it,appens -- i mean some of 14th street developments -- i read this website every day, and there's a ... |
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