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The Lincoln Memorial under construction, 1917. (lemmy.world)

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[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world [S] 12 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

The Lincoln memorial going up in the early 1800s would have raised too many questions.

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Lol, well yeah. I just figured that by the early 1900s DC would have been a bit more developed than it clearly was.

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[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The area where the monuments were put was an actual swamp back then. It was filled in over the following decades...

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[+] imdoneinteracting@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Littorally

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