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Monuments to the mistreatment of D.C.
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Washington Post (DC) |
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Friday, July 13, 2012 |
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Mark Plotkin |
Today, it is the issue of representation inside the U.S. Capitol.
Not actual representation, with real human beings serving in the House of Representatives and the Senate. No, we residents of the District are denied even a statue in our own Capitol building.
Two magnificent statues have been built. They stand mostly ignored in the lobby at One Judiciary Square (441 Fourth St. NW). One is of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and the other of architect Pierre L’Enfant. (I have trouble with the L’Enfant selection, but that is fodder for another day.)
Every state is given a place to celebrate two of its own in Statuary Hall, but once again the District has been excluded. . . .
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