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1877 D.C.: The Year Washington Became Washington Washington historians may not talk much about the year 1877, but consider this: High-stakes political maneuvering narrowly averted a second Civil War, women and blacks chipped away at their second-class status, a city that had been a malarial joke blossomed into a world capital. And, oh yeah, a certain newspaper published its first edition ... Photo Gallery: Then & Again A Washington Post Timeline
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