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Saturday, January 04, 2003
Ocean-Going Ships on the Anacostia River From the Voice of the Hill: "Few people today are aware that Washington's founders sited the federal city in this particular place along the Potomac not because of what the Potomac had to offer but because of its Anacostia tributary. It was the Anacostia that had the best harbor, and it provided passage for ocean-going ships, in those days, all the way up to Bladensburg." Hear all about it at the next Overbeck History Lecture on Feb. 11.
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