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District of Columbia

IronLionZion

(50,685 posts) Sun Dec 14, 2025, 09:12 AM Yesterday

Why Washington, DC Is Opposite of Every Other U.S. City

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Why Washington, DC Is Opposite of Every Other U.S. City (Original Post) IronLionZion Yesterday OP

Skimpy history happy feet 23 hrs ago #1

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Sun Dec 14, 2025, 10:59 AM

23 hrs ago

No mention of Benjamin Banneker's significant role in design of city, no mention of black culture and remaining ing black parts of city, or that DC started as majority black inc!using Georgetown and the slave matkets, not unexpected given the person.

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