SSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 29 days agoThe Lincoln Memorial under construction, 1917.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·28 days agoI keep forgetting DC was a literal fucking marsh at one point
minus-squareSpookyBogMonster@lemmy.mlBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·28 days agoI mean, that’s why DC gets called “The swamp”. It’s not just a metaphor for corruption, it comes from the fact that it’s built on a literal swamp
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·28 days agoIIRC several presidents and prominent politicians became sickened and/or died by drinking local water. There’s a modern theory that Harrison was one of them, I recall.
I keep forgetting DC was a literal fucking marsh at one point
I mean, that’s why DC gets called “The swamp”. It’s not just a metaphor for corruption, it comes from the fact that it’s built on a literal swamp
IIRC several presidents and prominent politicians became sickened and/or died by drinking local water. There’s a modern theory that Harrison was one of them, I recall.