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Soldiers' & Airmen's Home; Scott Building
During the Civil War, the tall tower of the Scott Building were used as a signal tower by Union Army look-outs. The Home is located atop a nice hill in Washington DC and it provides a wonderful view of much of the city so it was an ideal way of communicating to the forts ringing the city.
Legend has it that this fortress-like building was erected with ransom money that General Wilfield Scott seized in Mexico City during the Mexican-American War. If you look carefully, you can see that the name "SCOTT" still exists below the current name "SHERMAN". |