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1894: Columbia Historical Society founded (now Historical Society of Washington, DC)
1902: McMillan Plan restores L'Enfant vision, creates park system, clears slums
1903: Washington Public (Carnegie) Library on Mt. Vernon Square opens to all regardless of race or color
1907: Union Station opens
1910: Automobiles begin to fill streets
1910: Height Act limits building heights by formula based on street dimensions
1915: Carter G. Woodson founds association for the Study of Negro Life and History
1918: Race riots break out in major cities in aftermath of World War I
1919: African Americans defend neighborhoods against white rioters |