The City of Washington, the Capital of the United States (1912)
In the opening scene of this picture we find ourselves gazing down Pennsylvania Avenue, a broad and picturesque thoroughfare. Standing out prominently can be seen the great white dome of the Capitol. The executive mansion, familiarly known throughout the world as the "White House," bespeaks an air of simple elegance, with its domestic architecture and shady lawns, kept green by sparkling fountains. There are many other views, all of striking appearance, taken both close and at a distance, that show all the buildings of national importance, such as the War Department Building, the Treasury, the Congressional Library and the National Post Office. In conjunction with these attractions are scenes taken in and about the Union Station, a new station at which all trains stop coming in or going out from Washington. Ascending to the top of the Washington Monument, five hundred and eighty feet above ground, one can see in a bird's-eye view a landscape that fades into other cities far away. The very theater in which President Lincoln met with his most tragic end can be viewed with eyes of solemn regret. The National Cemetery, with its thousands of tomb stones that mark the final resting place of the unknown heroes who gave their lives could well be termed, with its beauty, ever fresh and green, 'The garden of the departed."
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