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Inaugural Parade Route of President Benjamin Harrison, March 4, 1889
President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), was inaugurated as the 23rd President of the United States on March 4, 1889. The map shown here was published as a souvenir of the event and depicts the parade route form the United States Capitol to the White House. The parade route left the Senate side of the Capitol and proceeded west along Pennsylvania Avenue past he Peace Monument, the Washington Market (the present site of the National Archives), and the Executive Mansion to Scott Circle. The parade route then returned west along K Street before ending at Mount Vernon Square.
Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of William Henry Harrison, the 9th President of the United States. The elder Harrison was inaugurated on march 4, 1841 and died in office on April 4, 1841. |