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1861-1865: Civil War Years:
Command Center for War:
The Civil War turned Washington into the command center of a national war effort. The population soared as military troops, military workers, and journalists poured into town. Saloons, gambling houses, and other kinds of entertainment prospered. After the Western Union telegraph office moved to a building on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street, news bureaus soon filled what became known as "Newspaper Row." The year 1865 witness three extraordinary processions on the avenue -- Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural, his funeral procession, and the grand review of the troops that celebrated the Union's victory in the Civil War.
President Lincoln's Inaugural Parade:
1861. Tight security surrounded Abraham Lincoln's inaugural parade amid mounting tensions over the looming Civil War. |