DC -- Dept of Treasury building:
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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- TREAS_170118_02.JPG: The Treasury building before the inauguration. In June 2016, it was announced that Harriet Tubman's portrait would replace that of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. Jackson as a president believed in executive power to the extreme, ignoring the Supreme Court (selling out his former Indian allies) and Congress (destroying the Second Bank of the United States), and promoting the spoils system and slavery. He paid off the national debt by vetoing government programs and selling off federal land. An effective but embarrassing president, replacing him his opposite Harriet Tubman seemed appropriate. But of course that movement stopped with the inauguration since Donnie loved Jackson for most of the things that make him an embarrassment. Sigh.
- TREAS_170118_08.JPG: Friendship between the United States and Canada was developed and strengthened by the signing of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, on August 9, 1842, in the Old State Department Building which stood on this site. This treaty established the north-eastern boundary between the two countries.
This tablet placed by the Kiwanis Club of Washington in cooperation wtih the Committee on Marking Points of Historic Interest
April 30, 1929
- TREAS_170125_01.JPG: A Fortress of Finance
The US Treasury Building
Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1972, the US Treasury Building is the oldest departmental building in Washington. The building serves as the headquarters of the Treasury Department. Treasury's responsibilities encompass revenue collection, money production, accounting, and economic policy formulation. Treasury's architectural significance and the department's role in America's economic history rank the building among Washington's most important landmarks.
Like the White House, Treasury has been on its original site since 1800. From 1836 to 1869, the present building was constructed by notable American architects. Following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, the building served as the temporary presidential office of Andrew Johnson while First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln remained in the White House.
- TREAS_170125_09.JPG: Treasury's South Facade
Restored Andrew Johnson Suite
President Johnson meeting with the ambassadors, 1865
- TREAS_170125_16.JPG: Note that the new National World war I Memorial is indicated on the map. Groundbreaking for the memorial would occur 10 months later.
- TREAS_170125_18.JPG: All of the blocked off roads are indicated. Basically the entire 6 or 7 block area is prohibited to regular traffic. When I first started here, almost all of these were open roads. None of the roads were closed off to pedestrian traffic.
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- Wikipedia Description: Treasury Building (Washington, D.C.)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Treasury Building in Washington, D.C., known also as U.S. Department of the Treasury, is a National Historic Landmark building which is the headquarters of the United States Department of the Treasury.
The building suffered a fire in 1922. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971. A statue of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury stands in front of the southern facade facing The Ellipse and a statue of the 4th Secretary, Albert Gallatin, stands in front of the northern entrance.
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