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Wartime Washington: 1942

Washington, D.C.,  circa 1942. "U.S. Capitol, East Front. Sentry posted outside of House chamber." Medium format acetate negative, Office of War Information. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1942. "U.S. Capitol, East Front. Sentry posted outside of House chamber." Medium format acetate negative, Office of War Information. View full size.

 

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All quiet

on the eastern front.

Long Gone Columns

You can still see these old sandstone ones, but not at the Capitol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Capitol_Columns

I had just got my driver license when the East Portico extension project started and it became an early highlight in a lifetime avocation of sidewalk superintendency.

Like nothing, compared to today

Today there are more guards around the steps, and you can't go up them in any case. Public entry is through the underground Visitor Center, with security screenings and close scrutiny. To paraphrase Vincent Scully on New York's Penn Station, once you entered like a god; now you scuttle in like an small animal.

Considering today's world, no sane person can object.

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